1) City in county texas, usa 2) Fort 3) Fortified settlement 4) Fortress 5) Fortress of old 6) Garrison, spanish-style 7) Garrisoned post 8) Military post 9) Park near the golden gate 10) San Francisco area 11) San francisco garrison 12) Spanish fort 13) Spanish fortress 14) Town on the rio grande
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1) Fort
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A presidio is a fortified base established by the Spanish in areas under their control or expansion like present Italy, Greece, North Africa and North America between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. The fortresses were built to protect against pirates, hostile native Americans and enemy colonists. Later in western North America, with indep...
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• (n.) A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.
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(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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Pre·si'di·o noun [ Spanish ] A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.
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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. Regular armed forces were placed in these fortresses...
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a garrisoned fort; military post. · a Spanish penal settlement.
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