secos

American  

[see-kohs, -kaws] / ˈsi koʊs, -kɔs /

noun

1. sekos.

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Example Sentences

El desierto de Atacama, una meseta en lo alto de los Andes chilenos, es uno de los lugares más secos y oscuros del mundo.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

The niche must, in fact, have been the secos, or sanctuary properly speaking.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir

It has a rough mildew that sticks to the clothes and penetrates them, which the Spaniards call amores secos.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander

“My lords,” said the pleasant-looking priest, “this is the secos of the mother of Apis and we are going to show her to you.”

From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis

They led their visitors through the pronaos and naos to the secos, to the holy of holies.

From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis