Difference between revisions of "Toledo"
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Toledo <ref name="term_80796" /> | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_185968" /> == | ||
<p> (n.) A sword or sword blade made at [[Toledo]] in Spain, which city was famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80796" /> == | |||
<p> A city of Spain, capital of a province, and former capital of the kingdom, occupies a commanding site amid hills, on the Tagus, 40 m. SW. of Madrid; within and without presents a sombre and imposing appearance; is the see of the primate of Spain, and possesses a noble Gothic cathedral, ruins of the Cid's castle, and remains of the Moorish occupation (712-1085); the manufacture of sword-blades, famous in [[Roman]] times, is still carried on in a government establishment a mile out of the city. </p> | <p> A city of Spain, capital of a province, and former capital of the kingdom, occupies a commanding site amid hills, on the Tagus, 40 m. SW. of Madrid; within and without presents a sombre and imposing appearance; is the see of the primate of Spain, and possesses a noble Gothic cathedral, ruins of the Cid's castle, and remains of the Moorish occupation (712-1085); the manufacture of sword-blades, famous in [[Roman]] times, is still carried on in a government establishment a mile out of the city. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_185968"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/toledo Toledo from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_80796"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/toledo Toledo from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_80796"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/toledo Toledo from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:11, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A sword or sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, which city was famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A city of Spain, capital of a province, and former capital of the kingdom, occupies a commanding site amid hills, on the Tagus, 40 m. SW. of Madrid; within and without presents a sombre and imposing appearance; is the see of the primate of Spain, and possesses a noble Gothic cathedral, ruins of the Cid's castle, and remains of the Moorish occupation (712-1085); the manufacture of sword-blades, famous in Roman times, is still carried on in a government establishment a mile out of the city.
