alameda

Example Sentences

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Though it is now scarcely more than a country village, still it has its plaza and its alameda, in the former of which a military band performs two evenings in each week.

From Aztec Land by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The alameda was quite deserted; everybody, with the exception of myself, having for some time retired. 

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

Several of the most important avenues, beside the Plaza Mayor and the alameda, are lighted by electricity, other portions of the city proper by gas, and the outlying districts by oil-fed lanterns.

From Aztec Land by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The close-massed, square-fronted houses glimmered white and pink and yellow, with narrow gaps between them where a few lights burned; a break, from which dusky foliage rose, marked the alameda.

From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

A favorite dance, known here as the zama cueca, is often witnessed out-of-doors in retired corners of the plaza or the alameda, as well as elsewhere.

From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray