Definition of Balsas

1. Noun. (plural of balsa) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Balsas

1. balsa [n] - See also: balsa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Balsas

balsamarium
balsamation
balsamed
balsamic
balsamic vinegar
balsamic vinegars
balsamico
balsamiferous
balsamine
balsaming
balsamous
balsamroot
balsamroots
balsams
balsamy
balsas (current term)
balsero
balseros
balter
balti house
baltic states
baltimore oriole
baltis
balu
baluba
balubas
balun
baluns
balus

Literary usage of Balsas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Terry's Mexico: Handbook for Travellers by Thomas Philip Terry (1909)
"From Mexico City to Cuerna vaca (thence to Puente de Ixtla, Iguala, and balsas) 46. Cuernavaca 436 History and Character of the town, 436. ..."

2. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec: Being the Results of a Survey for a Railroad to by John Jay Williams, Tehuantepec Railroad Company of New Orleans (1852)
"The dexterity with which the Indians manage these balsas (often heavily laden), in passing over terrible rapids and through narrow passages filled with ..."

3. The South American Republics by Thomas Cleland Dawson (1904)
"Not one in twenty had balsas ON LAKE M1l' V A. a musket, and though their invasion down the Maritime Cordillera to Arequipa was at first successful, ..."

4. Three Years in the Pacific: Including Notices of Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru by William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger (1834)
"... the plaza appeared to be as gay during the whole scene as if nothing unusual was going forward. CHAPTER XXII. Huanchaco—balsas—Landing—Port—Road ..."

5. A Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South by William Bennet Stevenson (1829)
"Tapiales, Fences Trees, Shrubs, and Plants Fruit Animals Birds Fish Appearance of the Villages balsas. Indian Feast Indian Burial Paramonga. ..."

6. The Andean Land: (South America) by Chase Salmon Osborn (1909)
"... Desert — Cabbage Wood balsas — South America the Cradle of Mankind from Whence the Earth was Peopled — A Plea for Atlantis and a Theory of the Biblical ..."

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