How to Use presidio in a Sentence

presidio

noun

• After all, the presidio marks the birthplace in 1769 of the first mission in what is now California.
  — Diane Bell, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• Presidio Park contains remnants of the Spanish presidio from 1769.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019
• The nearby San Antonio de Béjar presidio and villa were founded four days later, May 5.
  — Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Apr. 2018
• The royal couple were visiting San Antonio as part of the city’s celebrations related to the 300th anniversary of Spain’s founding of a colonial mission and presidio where the city is now.
  — Rye Druzin, San Antonio Express-News, 22 June 2018
• Anza set about finding sites for the two indispensable institutions of Spanish colonial settlement: the presidio, or fort, and the mission.
  — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 1 Nov. 2019
• There, in the building constructed out of restored remnants of a presidio that once protected a nearby mission, the couple was presented with a tricentennial plaque.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 18 June 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024