Valera

[ vuh-lair-uh, -leer-uh; Spanish vah-le-rah ]

noun
  1. a city in western Venezuela.

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How to use Valera in a sentence

  • I began to think he must be de Valera or some other hero in disguise.

  • The explanation of Blas Valera was that in each totem (pacarissa) the Indians adored the devil.

  • Garcilasso had access, moreover, to the "torn papers" of Blas Valera, an early Spanish missionary of unusual sense and acuteness.

  • Seor Valera is recognized as the most prominent literary man of the time in Spain.

    Pepita Ximenez | Juan Valera
  • The present translation is authorized by Seor Valera, who is admitted by the publishers to all the rights of a native author.

    Pepita Ximenez | Juan Valera

British Dictionary definitions for Valera

Valera

/ (vəˈlɛərə, -ˈlɪərə) /


noun

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