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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Example Sentences

In keeping with tradition, the winning numbers are called out by children from Madrid’s San Ildefonso school in a nationally televised draw at Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2022

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

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

From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2020

A more contemporary vision of Mexico appears in this handsomely printed overview of an exhibition I saw this summer at the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2017

It appeared that the whole municipality of San Ildefonso was so utterly plague-stricken that scarce an able-bodied man remained, or so much as a halfling boy capable of shouldering a musket.

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