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Definition of Longas
1. longa [n] - See also: longa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Longas
Literary usage of Longas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1917)
"Existem cerdas longas, pretas, nao multo abundantes, a nao ser no ultimo articulo,
no qual, além de serem abundantes, sao de cor amarella. Antennas. ..."
2. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1907)
"He was burnt at Logroño, but whether for pertinacity or denial we are not informed.
His nephew, Fray Juan de longas, of the Barefooted Carmelites, ..."
3. Geschichte der Musik by August Wilhelm Ambros, Gustav Nottebohm, B. von Sokolowsky, Carl Ferdinand Becker, Heinrich Reimann, Otto Kade (1891)
"... der sich durch die Theilung der Maxima in drei oder zwei longas bestimmte,
und einen Modus minor, der die Longa in zwei oder drei Breven theilte. ..."