alameda

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Each town has its shady alameda, its plaza, and a court for playing pelota, a kind of tennis, the game of the province.

From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle

Farther on towards the alameda was "El Sueño de Amor," signifying "The Dream of Love."

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

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

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