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Cervantes

American

[ser-van-teez, ther-vahn-tes, ser-] / sərˈvæn tiz, θɛrˈvɑn tɛs, sɛr- /

noun

Miguel de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 1547–1616, Spanish novelist and short-story writer.

Cervantes British

/ səˈvæntiːz, θɛrˈβantes /

noun

Miguel de (miˈɣɛl ðe), full surname Cervantes Saavedra. 1547–1616, Spanish dramatist, poet, and prose writer, most famous for Don Quixote (1605), which satirizes the chivalric romances and greatly influenced the development of the novel

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I walk east, past the embedded brass quotes on Calle de las Huertas, where Golden Age scribes Cervantes and Vega and the Generation of 1927’s Federico Lorca and Valle-Inclán are literally underfoot.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

Down a small alley is Casa Alberto, where the weight of Cervantes is heavy.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

The writer Miguel de Cervantes knew about the Iberian lynx.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Jerry didn’t just help Cervantes thrive in the biggest game of his life to help the Bruins earn their first Big Ten conference title.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

“No—but I do know that it’s being administered by Scythe Cervantes, and he tends to be very physically minded. For all I know, he’ll have you tilting at windmills.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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