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Definition of Guiros
1. guiro [n] - See also: guiro
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guiros
Literary usage of Guiros
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cuba by Irene Aloha Wright (1910)
"From the landing, however, which, far up guiros Inlet, is the first sign to the
contrary, a made road leads inshore. It is evident that once it was ..."
2. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1870)
"An orchestra of tambours, tin-trays, and nutmeg-grating guiros opens the
performances, and then the actors proceed to saw the air. ..."
3. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland (1829)
"... for instance to Baracoa (13 December, 1816), San Fernando de Nuevitas in the
Estero of Baga and the guiros (5th April, 1819), Bahia de Guantanamo (13th ..."
4. The American Quarterly Register by American Education Society (1833)
"... he was, with four others, thrown by his sailors into a boat, and left to
Otaheite—supposed to be discovered by guiros, who named it Sagittaria. ..."
5. American Biographical Notes: Being Short Notices of Deceased Persons by Franklin Benjamin Hough (1875)
"LORD, GEN., a Cuban minister of war; d. at Los guiros, Cuba, May 29, 1870.
LORILLARD, JACOB, b. in NY, in 1774, was self taught and self made, ..."
6. The History of Cuba by Willis Fletcher Johnson (1920)
"Among these are Los guiros, the Altamiro, the Najasa and the Sevilla. The Najasa
has its origin a little south of the City of Camaguey, ..."
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