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PRESIDIO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does presidio mean?
• PRESIDIO (noun)
The noun PRESIDIO has 1 sense:
1. a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings
Familiarity information: PRESIDIO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
Tucson was first settled as a walled presidio
Hypernyms ("presidio" is a kind of...):
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