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Definition of Balsas
1. balsa [n] - See also: balsa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balsas
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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