Definitions for Almaden

Almaden Al·ma·dén

Spelling: [ahl-mah-th en]
IPA: /ˌɑl mɑˈðɛn/

Almaden is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 189 anagrams from letters in Almaden (aadelmn).

Definitions for Almaden

noun

  1. a town in Spain: mercury mines.

Examples for Almaden

The finest crystals of sulphuret of mercury come from China, and almaden in Spain.

almaden , a town on the northern slope of the Sierra Morena, in Spain, with rich mines of quicksilver.

Of this metal the mines in almaden produce about one-half the world's supply.

There is also a particular description of the quicksilver mine at almaden, in La Mancha.

At Idria and almaden the sulphurets are extremely rich in mercury.

There is here evidently confusion between Almagro and almaden.

The Rothschilds, too, own the almaden quicksilver mine and others.

The Cordova lead mines are the richest in the world, and the mercury mines of almaden are second only to those of California.

Moreover the revenues of Cuba, like the mines of almaden, are a ready resource as security for a loan.

The oldest and richest mine of Mercury is that of almaden in Spain.

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