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.

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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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San Ildefonso

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

I have not come to claim any," said Rollo; "I am here to warn you that San Ildefonso is in the hands of wicked and cruel men—gipsies of the mountains!

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