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Meanings of tirano in English

Spanish
tirana

Song and dance of Spanish origin, which arrived in Brazil through Portugal.

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Examples for "tirana"
Examples for "tirana"
1
Here, too, I saw the sun-bird, called tirana by the Spaniards in the Oroonoque, and shot one of them.
Wanderings in South America
2
Here, too, close to the river, I frequently saw the bird called sun-bird by the English colonists and tirana by the Spaniards in the Oroonoque.
Wanderings in South America
3
That young man would be surprised if he should visit Tirana to-day.
The Irish Times
4
Elizabeth Gowing has been living in Tirana for more than five years.
The Irish Times
5
The Limerick-based body recently flew 70 in-calf heifers from Shannon to Tirana.
The Irish Times
Usage of tirano in English
1
The railway line linking St Moritz and Tirano in Italy was declared a Unesco World Heritage site in 2008.
The Guardian
2
This last takes its title from a village in the neighbourhood of Tirano, where a table-wine is chiefly grown.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
3
In favourable weather the whole journey from Tirano would have occupied at least four days, with scanty halts at night.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
4
The district where the wine of Valtellina is grown extends, roughly speaking, from Tirano to Morbegno, a distance of some fifty-four miles.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
5
Sculptured figures of the sun and moon, such as I have already mentioned, are found near Caycara, at the Cerro del Tirano.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
6
The Italian revenue derives a large profit from the frontier dues paid at the gate between Tirano and Poschiavo on the Bernina road.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
Translations for tirano
Spanish
tirana