quinta
Americannoun
PLURAL
quintasnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of quinta
C20: from Portuguese, literally: a country estate, farm
Example Sentences
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It's Wednesday morning at Quinta Crespo, a popular market in downtown Caracas.
From BBC
He’s also coached at Westminster La Quinta as well as boys’ basketball and was women’s coach at Cypress College.
From Los Angeles Times
She opened it to find a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy “claiming a black man with dreadlocks had jumped over her backyard fence” and was trying to break into her La Quinta home, according to court records.
From Los Angeles Times
One month later, Piscatella showed up at Ortega’s La Quinta home while she was at work, according to her lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times
That same month, Piscatella searched Ortega’s name and the city of La Quinta in both the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System and other sheriff’s databases shortly before the texts were sent, according to court records.
From Los Angeles Times
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