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Definition of Tinajas
1. tinaja [n] - See also: tinaja
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinajas
Literary usage of Tinajas
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)
"... LAS tinajas ALTAS—ONE OF THE UPPER TANKS Note the overhanging walls ...
LAS tinajas ALTAS—THE LOWER TANK ..."
2. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1873)
"The tinajas were either large earthenware vessels, containing about a hogshead each,
... In olden times wines were kept in tinajas, underground, which, ..."
3. Venezuela: Or, Sketches of Life in a South American Republic: with the by Edward B. Eastwick (1868)
"A Visit to Las tinajas—The Lake of Tacarigua—Adieu to Valencia—Republican Jehus—A
Coffee Hacienda—Recruiting under Difficulties—The beautiful Vale of ..."
4. New Trails in Mexico: An Account of One Year's Exploration in North-western by Carl Lumholtz (1912)
"... rest and with fresh gathered strength we continued our tracking and arrived
in good time at tinajas Altas, where I was delighted to find my two Indians. ..."
5. El Gringo by William Watts Hart Davis (1857)
"tinajas. — Mexican People. — Intermarriage with Indians. — Character. — Courage.
— Morals. — Vice. — Cause of Prostitution. — Carrying Weapons. — Beggars. ..."
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