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Definition of Quiches
1. quiche [n] - See also: quiche
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quiches
Literary usage of Quiches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1867)
"ONE of the highly-civilized nations of America discovered by the Spaniards was
that of the quiches, a race united by language and religion to the more ..."
2. History of Central America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"... BURNED AND THE COUNTRY DEVASTATED—SUBJUGATION OF THE quiches COMPLETE. UPON the
central plateau, near the present town of Santa Cruz del Quiche", ..."
3. The North Americans of antiquity by Short, John Thomas, d.1883, John Thomas Short (1879)
"... Document—The Empire of the Chanes—The Oldest Civilization—The Earliest Home
of the Mayas— The quiches—Their Origin Tradition—The Quiche Cosmogony—The ..."
4. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Canadian Institute (1849-1914). (1899)
"... THE LIGHT OF OTHER HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS : THE HISTORIES OF THE quiches AND THE
... Brasseur says that the four great ancestors of the quiches were Balam ..."
5. History of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1882)
"... AND THE COUNTRY DEVASTATED—SUBJUGATION OF THE quiches COMPLETE. UPON the
central plateau, near the present town t Santa Cruz del Quiche, ..."
6. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1814)
"It is a large town, and full of inhabitants, the which amount to 4700 Indians of
various nations, such as the quiches, ..."
7. An Illuminated History of North America: From the Earliest Period to the by John Frost (1854)
"But, instead of being discouraged by the death of their king, the quiches ...
These great reverses were not sufficient to dampen the spirit of the quiches. ..."
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