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Oviedo   /oʊviˈeɪdoʊ/   Listen
Oviedo

noun
1.
A city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains.





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... p. 342). "The council-houses were called grepons, surrounded by broad corridors called galpons, beneath which the arms were kept, protected by a guard of young men". Mr. Squier evidently bases upon Oviedo ("Hist. general," Lib. XLII, cap. III, p. 52). "Esta casa de cabildo llaman galpon...." It is another evidence in favor of our statements, that the kinship formed the original unit of the tribe, and at the same time a hint that, as in New Mexico, ...
— Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines • Lewis H. Morgan
... from Asia into America seems to be the most obvious conclusion from the arguments given. It should be briefly noted, that it was known and widely distributed in tropical America at the time of the discovery of that continent [89] by Columbus, according to accounts of Oviedo and other ...
— Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation • Hugo DeVries


Words linked to "Oviedo" :   Spain, Kingdom of Spain, metropolis, Espana, city, urban center


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