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.

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Examples from the Web for soto

It concludes with Soto pensively surveying the city he grew up in.
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The party has also won Soto a good deal of fame, and now she performs sets around the globe.
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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 (1 of 3)

Soto

/ (soto) /

noun

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

British Dictionary definitions for soto (2 of 3)

Soto

noun

See De Soto

British Dictionary definitions for soto (3 of 3)

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)

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