Look up: Presidio

1. Presidio
   Pre·si'di·o noun [ Spanish ] A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.
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2. presidio
   noun a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings; `Tucson was first settled as a walled presidio`
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3. Presidio
   • (n.) A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.
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4. Presidio
   (from the article `San Francisco`) ...along the waterfront. The remnants of many ships that were deserted in 1849 now lie under office buildings several blocks inland. To the west, at ...
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5. Presidio
   A presidio was a military settlement made by the Spanish in California. They were massive forts, the chief being at Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Monterey and San Diego. That of Los Angeles was the first established, it being begun some time before 1795, but the later forts were of more importance. Re...
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6. Presidio
   A `presidio` is a fortified base established by the Spanish in North America between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. The fortresses were built to protect against pirates, hostile native Americans and enemy colonists. Other presidios were held by Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuri...
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7. Presidio
   (disambiguation) A `presidio` is a fortified base established by the Spanish and Mexicans in North America between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. `Presidio` may also refer to:
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