presidios
- plural of presidio.
Example Sentences
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The database has informed dozens of articles and books on early California and has allowed thousands of people to trace their own ancestry back to 18th century California pueblos, presidios and Native villages.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025
Missions, presidios, and pueblos were small polygons of order in the great unruly geometry of Alta California, with wide stretches between them largely ungoverned by the Spanish.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2015
There were four presidios, each occupying a strategic position and protecting a group of missions.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
On the whole Rivera found the presidios in fair condition, but encountered many abuses.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
There are twenty-four companies, or two more or less, in all the camp of Manila and in its presidios and those of Terrenate.
