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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings;
- Example: "Tucson was first settled as a walled presidio"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Presidio \Pre*si"di*o\, n. [Sp.] A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

presidio n 1: a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings; "Tucson was first settled as a walled presidio"
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):

Presidio -- U.S. County in Texas Population (2000): 7304 Housing Units (2000): 3299 Land area (2000): 3855.505174 sq. miles (9985.712134 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.749851 sq. miles (1.942105 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3856.255025 sq. miles (9987.654239 sq. km) Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48 Location: 29.986907 N, 104.235904 W Headwords: Presidio Presidio, TX Presidio County Presidio County, TX
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Presidio, TX -- U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 4167 Housing Units (2000): 1541 Land area (2000): 2.572024 sq. miles (6.661512 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.572024 sq. miles (6.661512 sq. km) FIPS code: 59396 Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48 Location: 29.561272 N, 104.366522 W ZIP Codes (1990): 79845 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Presidio, TX Presidio