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Presidio

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Presidio County, Texas, United States, on the border with Mexico.
Noun
  1. 1
    A garrisoned place, especially one that is or was once under Spanish control.

    "While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence."

  2. 2
    a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Spanish presidio (“garrison”), from Latin praesidium, 1763. Doublet of praesidium and presidium.

Etymology 2

Shortened from Presidio del Norte, the name given in 1830. Known as La Junta de los Ríos prior to that.

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