Old Spanish

American  

noun

1. the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. OSp

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Old Spanish

She cited festivals in mission towns, such as Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days Fiesta, where people dress up like the Californios of yore to remember a romanticized era that was destined to end badly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025

In October 1849, members of trail leader Jefferson Hunt’s Mojave San Joaquin Company wagon train grew impatient with Hunt’s pace and his preferred route, known as the Old Spanish Trail.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 25, 2023

“You can see some of the old dwellings, and parts of the Old Spanish Trail are accessible now. It’s an opportunity, but it just depends on the person’s frame of mind.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2022

He started out at the Old Spanish Cemetery near what is now the Windward ferry landing, and his remains were later moved to a point in the bay called North Toro Cay.

From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2021

They followed the well worn mule path leading from New Mexico to California and which had been known for years as the "Old Spanish Trail."

From The Life of Kit Carson Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. by Ellis, Edward Sylvester