Toledo
[tə'li:dəu]
Definition
(noun.) a city in central Spain on the Tagus river; famous for steel and swords since the first century.
(noun.) an industrial city in northwestern Ohio on Lake Erie.
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Definition
(n.) A sword or sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, which city was famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons.
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Definition
n. a sword-blade made at Toledo in Spain.—adj. Tol′letan of Toledo.
Typist: Willie
Examples
- Edison then went to Toledo and secured a position at Fort Wayne, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, now leased to the Pennsylvania system. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I did not get farther than the Puente de Toledo myself on that day. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You should have seen him at Toledo. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- At Toledo he was enormous. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Toledo was where he was the bravest, I believe. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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