campo
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The German synagogue was constructed by a group of Ashkenazi Jews with five large windows that overlook the ghetto’s central square, or campo.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2022
“He’d tell me again and again, ‘They built all this on top of our campo santo,’ ” said Hernandez, 73, using the Spanish term for cemetery.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2021
We entered deeper into Sudan, in a big agricultural camp called a "campo."
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2021
One worth visiting is Palazzo Fortuny, an oft-overlooked Gothic palace tucked away on a quiet campo that was once home to the designer Mariano Fortuny.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2014
"In my campo we say a person has an antojo when they are taken over by un santo who wants something."
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
For months, the alleys, porticoes and campos reverberated with Italian, and even with Venetian dialect.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2020
But scriving is proprietary and is mostly practiced in the campos — heavily gated elite communities — while the folk of the Commons, who live in poverty and danger, are left to fend for themselves.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2018
The Spaniards built haciendas, not unlike the ones that dominated the campos of “old” Mexico.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2014
Today, the colony supports 15,000 Mennonites who live in 54 campos, small communities of 40 or 50 families.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly the diamond mines were before him, and Barney’s jovial voice rang in his ears; and he replied to it with energy, for now he was bounding on a fiery steed over the grassy campos.
From Martin Rattler by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
