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How to pronounce presidio in English?

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Type of fort, fortress


Tucson was first settled as a walled presidio.

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Presidio, Sharp Park and Lincoln Park are the most logical possibilities.
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Years later, Spanish authorities built a presidio at the same location.
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Presidio also offers customers an extensive range of financing solutions, including leasing.
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When the Spanish presidio ceased to exist, the site of the French settlement was forgotten.
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Presidio, across the Rio Grande from Ojinaga, Mexico, has been watching the river for two weeks.
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Presidio Heights topped the list last year, but didn't even make the top five this time around.
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Some 40 miles south of Tucson, the village was established in 1752 as a Spanish presidio, or garrison.
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Presidio Modelo is now closed, and turned into a museum.
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Established in 1752 as a Spanish presidio, Tubac is now a bustling village, boasting 80 unique shops and galleries.
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  • 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"
  • A presidio is a fortified base established by the Spanish and Mexicans in North America between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. The fortress' were built to protect against pirates, hostile native Americans and enemy colonists. ...
  • The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El Presidio Real de San Francisco or Royal Presidio of San Francisco) is a park on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. ...
  • The Presidio is a 1988 American mystery film directed by Peter Hyams, starring Sean Connery and Mark Harmon. Hyams also photographed. The score was composed by Bruce Broughton.
  • A garrisoned place, especially one that is or was, at one time, under Spanish control
  • A garrison; fort; military post
  • (Spanish) A garrison or fort.