Lexic.us

Definition of Ortega

1. Noun. Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ortega

Literary usage of Ortega

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

1. The Beginnings of San Francisco: From the Expedition of Anza, 1774, to the by Zoeth Skinner Eldredge (1912)
"On the I4th of August 1773, Ortega was made a lieutenant and assigned to the command of San Diego. During this year Junipero Serra, who had quarreled with ..."

2. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1904)
"That it will be of much import for your Highness to order the island of Mindanao, which is four 18 Francisco Ortega (thus Perez; but de Ortega in the MSS. ..."

3. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, William Nemos, Frances Fuller Victor (1886)
"READY TO BEGIN—MISSIONARIES EXPECTED—NEVE'S INSTRUCTIONS TO Ortega— PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ... Reviews during the winter show a lieutenant, Ortega, an alf^rez, ..."

4. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"Among these the most fortunate, or rather the most adroit, was Francisco de Ortega, who in due time received the royal license and set about preparing to ..."

5. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"The tropical deciduous forest comprises most of the biological diversity of all region (Ortega, 1990) and includes approximately 20000 hectares (Morelos, ..."

6. History of Brazil by Robert Southey (1817)
"While the Visitor was reflecting upon this material objection, ^^' which he seems at first to have overlooked, Ortega was ..."

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