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Oriente

[ aw-ree-en-te ]

noun

  1. a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
  2. a province in E Cuba. 14,132 sq. mi. (36,600 sq. km). : Santiago de Cuba.


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CVM natus esset ihesus in betleem iude in diebus herodis regis ecce magi ab oriente uenerunt ierosolimam dicentes.

The Tepahues were 'habitadores de una pennsula que forman dos rios brazos del Mayo al Oriente de los de esta nacion.'

Hannibal autem ita cnstituerat aciem, ut Rmns3 et slis radi et ventus ab oriente pulverem adflns advers essent.

The former occur, on a small scale, more or less frequently in Oriente, and much less frequently and of less severity in Havana.

Meanwhile, Bartolomé Maso, an influential planter in Oriente, had been in command of the forces in his vicinity.

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