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Definition of Presidios

Presidio
Presidio Pre*si"di*o, n. [Sp.] A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.

Meaning of Presidios from wikipedia

- garrisoned the Spanish presidios on the northern frontier and followed the same pattern in unsettled frontier regions such as the Presidio de Sonoma, at Sonoma...
- Look up presidio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A presidio is a Spanish fortified base established in the early modern era, e.g. in the Mediterranean...
- The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El Presidio Real de San Francisco or The Royal Fortress of Saint Francis) is a park and former U.S. Army post...
- Presidio is a city in Presidio County, Texas, United States. It is situated on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) River, on the opposite side of the...
- Weston Presidio is an American private equity firm focused on growth capital investments in late-stage companies across a range of industries with a specific...
- Presidio County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its po****tion was 6,131. Its county seat is Marfa. The county was...
- The Presidio is a 1988 American crime film directed by Peter Hyams and starring Sean Connery and Mark Harmon. Hyams also handled the cinematography and...
- The Presidio mutiny was a sit-down protest carried out by 27 prisoners at the Presidio stockade in San Francisco, California on October 14, 1968. It was...
- Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo. Monterey became one of a series of presidios, or "royal forts," built by Spain in what is now the western United States...
- The Presidio Modelo was a "model prison" with panopticon design, built on the Isla de Pinos ("Isle of Pines"), now the Isla de la Juventud ("Isle of Youth")...