Oficina
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A nitrate-producing factory in a Spanish-speaking country.
"The external aspect of the oficina was not unlike that of a north-country coal or iron mine—tall chimneys and machinery, corrugated iron buildings, offices and houses, the shanties of workmen, a high bank of refuse."
Example
More examples"The external aspect of the oficina was not unlike that of a north-country coal or iron mine—tall chimneys and machinery, corrugated iron buildings, offices and houses, the shanties of workmen, a high bank of refuse."
Etymology
From Spanish oficina. Doublet of officina and usine.