2006-09-13 12:40:41 · 7 answers · asked by Kelly H 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Presidio would mean a fortress built by the Spaniards to protect themselves from pirate attacks. It could also mean some military facility such as the Presidio of San Francisco.
2006-09-13 12:46:35 · answer #1 · answered by rosieC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Presidios Definition
2016-12-15 18:26:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The actual word "presidio" can mean a number of things, for example, a place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.
In the U.S., the word "presidio" first got its meaning because of... due to....: a fortress that was established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings; "Tucson(in Arizona) was first settled as a walled presidio"
2006-09-13 12:51:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-06 13:57:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nowadays Presidio means jail, but in the conquistadores called presidios to the forts they built in what it would become the South West of USA.
2006-09-13 13:16:14 · answer #5 · answered by wazup1971 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A type of fortress built by the Spanish in North Africa during the 16th Century to protect against pirates
2006-09-16 07:47:45 · answer #6 · answered by Nanci 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pre·si·di·o (prĭ-sē'dē-ō', -sĭd'ē-ō')
n., pl. -os.
A garrison, especially a fortress of the kind established in the southwest United States by the Spanish to protect their holdings and missions.
2006-09-13 13:33:51 · answer #7 · answered by nati 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-13 12:51:01 · answer #8 · answered by SecretUser 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means a fort.
2006-09-13 12:42:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋