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San Ildefonso

American  
[sahn eel-de-fawn-saw] / sɑn ˌil dɛˈfɔn sɔ /

noun

  1. a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace La Granja; treaty 1800.


San Ildefonso British  
/ san ildeˈfɔnso /

noun

  1. Also called: La Granja.  a town in central Spain, near Segovia: site of the 18th-century summer palace of the kings of Spain

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Lujan Grisham announced in early February that she had chosen Mountain to be the state’s next secretary of Indian Affairs in a statement highlighting his history as a leader in Pueblo de San Ildefonso.

From Seattle Times Feb. 25, 2023

Residents who evacuated from their flooded homes sit on a roadside after Super Typhoon Noru, in San Ildefonso, Bulacan province, Philippines, September 26, 2022.

From Reuters Sep. 27, 2022

And she painted the exterior with a black-on-black, gloss-and-matte geometric design and named the car Maria in homage to the celebrated Tewa potter Maria Martinez of the San Ildefonso Pueblo, who died in 1980.

From New York Times Jun. 16, 2022

“The death rate at San Ildefonso was unbelievable,” Hendricks said.

From Washington Times Mar. 24, 2020

In a minute more they heard the noise of the pulling of bolts and bars, and were presently admitted into the little whitewashed hall of the Ermita de San Ildefonso.

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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