De Soto

[ duh soh-toh; Spanish de saw-taw ]

/ də ˈsoʊ toʊ; Spanish dɛ ˈsɔ tɔ /

noun

Her·nan·do

[her-nan-doh; Spanish er-nahn-daw] /hərˈnæn doʊ; Spanish ɛrˈnɑn dɔ/or Fer·nan·do

[fer-nan-doh; Spanish fer-nahn-daw] /fərˈnæn doʊ; Spanish fɛrˈnɑn dɔ/, c1500–42, Spanish soldier and explorer in America.

a city in NE Texas.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for soto

It concludes with Soto pensively surveying the city he grew up in.
Are Narcocorrido Mexican Drug Ballads Really That Bad?|Jimmy So|November 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The party has also won Soto a good deal of fame, and now she performs sets around the globe.
GHE20G0TH1K Party Initiates New Fashion Trend|Misty White Sidell|April 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I wonder whether by any chance de Soto has taken those papers himself!
Across the Spanish Main|Harry Collingwood
I have caught many buffalo calves out on the prairies, and one I brought to our De Soto home and tamed it.
Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences|Nebraska Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

It was Jimmy, the bartender from Soto's, who stood there with a wonderful array of bottles on a walnut table.
The Evil Shepherd|E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Spaniards were met by a force of warriors, which Soto placed as his best estimate at 1,000 persons.
The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California|Sherburne F. Cook
Oryzomys melanotis occurs in Tamaulipas from Soto la Marina southward.
The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico|Ticul Alvarez

British Dictionary definitions for soto

Soto

/ (soto) /

noun

a Zen Buddhist school of Japan, characterized by the practice of sitting meditation leading to gradual enlightenment

Soto

noun

See De Soto

De Soto

/ (də ˈsəʊtəʊ, Spanish de ˈsoto) /

noun

Hernando (ɛrˈnando). ?1500–42, Spanish explorer, who discovered the Mississippi River (1541)Also: Fernando De Soto (fɛrˈnando)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012