h. cortez
dɔAlso, Cor·tez.
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Cortes (ˈkɔːtɛz, Spanish ˈkortes) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| the national assembly of Spain and (until 1910) Portugal | |
| [C17: from Spanish, literally: courts, plural of corte court, from Latin cohors | |
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| Cortés or Cortez (ˈkɔːtɛz, Spanish korˈtes, kɔːˈtɛz) | |
| —n | |
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cortes
1660s, legislative houses of Spain or Portugal, from Sp. and Port. pl. of corte, from L. cortem (see court).
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