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presidio

presidio noun: a garrisoned place, especially one that is or was once under Spanish control.

Noun

presidio (plural presidios)

  1. A garrisoned place, especially one that is or was once under Spanish control.
    • While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25

Proper noun capitalized: Presidio

Presidio

  1. A city in Presidio County, Texas, United States, on the border with Mexico.
  2. Synonym of Presidio of San Francisco.
    Synonyms:
    Presidio of San Francisco

presidio meaning in Tamil

presidio in Tamil

அரணுடை நகரம், கோட்டை

Synonyms of presidio

  • Presidio of San Francisco

Forms of presidio

pluralpresidios

Plural of presidio: presidios

Origin of presidio

From Spanish presidio (“garrison”), from Latin praesidium, 1763. Doublet of praesidium and presidium.

Shortened from Presidio del Norte, the name given in 1830. Known as La Junta de los Ríos prior to that.

Words formed from presidio

Questions about presidio

What does presidio mean?
Presidio means a garrisoned place, especially one that is or was once under Spanish control.
What is presidio in Tamil?
Presidio in Tamil is அரணுடை நகரம், கோட்டை. See Presidio meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is presidio?
Presidio can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of presidio?
The plural of presidio is presidios.

Words near presidio in the dictionary

  1. presidia
  2. presidial
  3. presidially
  4. presidiary
  5. presiding
  6. presidio
  7. Presidio County
  8. presidios
  9. presidium
  10. presidiums
  11. presift

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Adapted from Wiktionary: presidio (page history and authors); Presidio (page history and authors); presidio (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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