Presidio
WordNet
noun
(1) 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"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A garrisoned place, especially one that is or was, at one time, under Spanish control.
- 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
- 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,
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Verb
presidio