Entrada

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An armed incursion of Spanish conquistadors into American territories. historical

    "Each entrada or exploratory venture into regions beyond Aztec and Inca influence went under the assumed sanction of the Christian deity and with the stated purpose of bringing salvation to the ‘heathen’."

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"Each entrada or exploratory venture into regions beyond Aztec and Inca influence went under the assumed sanction of the Christian deity and with the stated purpose of bringing salvation to the ‘heathen’."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish entrada (“entry”). Doublet of entry.

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