presidio

From Spanish presidio (“garrison”), from Latin praesidium, 1763.

presidio (plural presidios)

1. A garrisoned place, especially one that is or was once under Spanish control.
   • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25:

     While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

• Presidio County

• IPA^(key): /preˈsi.djo/, /preˈzi.djo/[1]
• Rhymes: -idjo
• Hyphenation: pre‧sì‧dio

From Latin praesidium.

presidio m (plural presidi)

1. garrison
2. presidium

• presidiare

presidio

1. first-person singular present indicative of presidiare

• presidio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Latin praesidium.

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈsidjo/ [pɾeˈsi.ð̞jo]
• Rhymes: -idjo
• Syllabification: pre‧si‧dio

presidio m (plural presidios)

1. prison

   Synonym: cárcel

2. imprisonment

   Synonyms: aprisionamiento, encarcelación

3. (historical, military) garrison

   Synonym: guarnición

• → English: presidio

• “presidio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014