Lavalleja

[ lah-vah-ye-hah ]

noun

1. Juan An·to·nio [hwahn ahn-, taw, -nyaw], 1784–1853, Uruguayan revolutionary: leader in war of independence against Brazil 1825.

Example Sentences

Thus ere Lavalleja's expedition had succeeded in crossing the stream there had been moments of wild bustle in Dolores.

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Determined to inflict a first decisive blow, Lavalleja led his men onwards to the attack.

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Lending support to Lavalleja, he sent a force of three hundred men across the river.

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The three names that stood out from the very midst of the chaos of events were those of Lavalleja, Rivera, and Oribe.

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In short, Lavalleja became a dictator of the most arbitrary type from the very beginning of his authority.

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