pre-Spanish
- a word derived from Spanish.
Example Sentences
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He has since experimented with dishes from the Philippines’ pre-Spanish days, like rice-based desserts, or kakanin in Tagalog.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2023
What the archeologists don't know about pre-Spanish America dims about 20 centuries of history.
From Time Magazine Archive
In pre-Spanish times the Xolos were important to Mexican Indians in many different ways.
From Time Magazine Archive
Selenite, in all probability, was not used in pre-Spanish times.
From A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 by Nichols, Henry Hobart
In the nascent pre-Spanish civilization, Japanese immigrants were almost the only agriculturists, mine-workers, manufacturers, gold-seekers, goldsmiths, and masters of the industrial arts in general.
From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John
