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audiencias

audiencias is the plural of audiencia.

Meaning of audiencia

Noun

audiencia (plural audiencias)

  1. (historical) An appellate court of the Spanish empire.
    • After Cortés the government of New Spain degenerated under the rule of Nuño de Guzmán, president of the first audiencia, into a brutish exploitation of the Indians.1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 21
    Synonyms:
    audience

Questions about audiencias

What is audiencias the plural of?
Audiencias is the plural of audiencia.

Words near audiencias in the dictionary

  1. audience-proof
  2. audienceless
  3. audiencelessness
  4. audiences
  5. audiencia
  6. audiencias
  7. audiencier
  8. audienciers
  9. audient
  10. audiently
  11. audients

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