presidio

noun

pre·si·dio pri-ˈsē-dē-ˌō

-ˈsi-,

-ˈzē-,

-ˈzi-

plural presidios

: a garrisoned place

especially : a military post or fortified settlement in areas currently or originally under Spanish control

Examples of presidio in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The slow-growing trees are increasingly hard to find in the wild because of development, and at least two varieties have been listed as endangered in California, presidio manzanita (Arctostaphylos montana ssp. —

Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024 Presidio Park contains remnants of the Spanish presidio from 1769. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023 In the heart of historic Santa Barbara, between where the Spanish built the original presidio and today’s City Hall, sits El Paseo, which is considered California’s first outdoor mall. —

Matt Kettmann, SFChronicle.com, 30 July 2019 González taught Chicano theater at Santa Barbara College and used that position to stage plays in the city’s historic presidio centered on the Virgin of Guadalupe and pastorelas, the Nativity pantomimes staged in Mexico and the American Southwest for centuries. —

Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2022 See all Example Sentences for presidio

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