Oñate

[ aw-nyah-te ]

noun

Juan de [hwahn de], /ʰwɑn dɛ/, 1550?–1624, Spanish explorer who colonized New Mexico.

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How to use Oñate in a sentence

Oñate was remarkable not only for his success in colonizing a country so forbidding as this then was, but also as an explorer.
The Spanish Pioneers | Charles F. Lummis
The visitors mounted to the roof by a smaller ladder, and the Indians tried to have Oñate descend through the trapdoor.
The Spanish Pioneers | Charles F. Lummis
They were waiting to see what Oñate would do with Acoma, before they took final measures against the strangers.
The Spanish Pioneers | Charles F. Lummis
Cristobal de Oñate was, therefore, a very important man in the working out of destiny.
The Spanish Pioneers | Charles F. Lummis
In this locality they were found by Juan de Oñate in 1598-99.
Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos | Adolphus Bandelier

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