oficina
oficina noun: a nitrate-producing factory in a Spanish-speaking country.
Noun
oficina (plural oficinas)
- A nitrate-producing factory in a Spanish-speaking country.
- The external aspect of the oficina was not unlike that of a north-country coal or iron mine—tall chimneys and machinery, corrugated iron buildings, offices and houses, the shanties of workmen, a high bank of refuse.1890, William Howard Russell, “Iquique to the Pampas”, in A Visit to Chile and the Nitrate Fields of Tarapacá, Etc., London: J[ames] S[prent] Virtue & Co., […], page 171
- Neighbouring oficinas place nitrate f.o.b. at shipping ports at a cost of from 5s to 5s. 6d. a quintal.1907 July 22, F. G. Lomax, “Copy of letter from Mr. F. G. Lomax to the Law Debenture Corporation (Limited)”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 16,311, London, published 8 August 1907, page 1, column 6
Forms of oficina
| plural | oficinas |
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Origin of oficina
Borrowed from Spanish oficina. Doublet of officina and usine.
Questions about oficina
- What does oficina mean?
- Oficina means a nitrate-producing factory in a Spanish-speaking country.
- What part of speech is oficina?
- Oficina is a noun.
- What is the plural of oficina?
- The plural of oficina is oficinas.
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