valeta
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of valeta
from Spanish veleta weather vane
Example Sentences
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TJ Rodgers and Valeta Massey say they have enjoyed their venture immensely, and that they have learnt a lot about wine in the process.
From BBC
She made me take her through a valeta, a minuet, a mazurka, and she danced elegantly, but with a little of Carmen's ostentation—her dash and devilry.
From Project Gutenberg
"You are pledged for a minuet and a valeta with me—you remember?"
From Project Gutenberg
Then Lettie cried a change of partners, and they took their valeta.
From Project Gutenberg
Through the glens thus formed a number of streams—torrents in winter but often dry in summer—pour the snows of Muleyhacen and the Pic de Valeta into the Mediterranean.
From Project Gutenberg
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