quinta
noun
an inn, especially one in the countryside.
quintas
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pluralof quinta.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Like mighty giants they surround the harbour, the ground at their bases sloping towards the water, and sprinkled with pretty villages, and quintas, and orange-groves, and covered with the most luxuriant vegetation.
From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by William Henry Giles Kingston
I also saw more than one of the famous "quintas," or villas, with large grounds, where semi-tropical flowers can be seen in all their beauty, and palms and magnolias everywhere flourish.
From Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay by William C. Tetley
As we advanced up the Camiño de Chasna, a road only by name, the quintas were succeeded by brown-thatched huts, single or in clumps.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
The cavan is a measure of the capacity of 5,998 cubic inches, and is subdivided into 25 quintas.
From Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 by Robert MacMicking
The quintas, or country-houses, each surrounded by a terraced garden and vineyard, which dotted the slopes, gave a cheerful air to the landscape.
From The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez
