Definitions for Anza

Anza An·za

Spelling: [ahn-sah]
IPA: /ˈɑn sɑ/

Anza is a 4 letter English word.

You can make 14 anagrams from letters in Anza (aanz).

Definitions for Anza

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  1. Juan Bautista de [hwahn bou-tees-tah th e] /ʰwɑn baʊˈtis tɑ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1735–88, Spanish frontiersman and army officer, born in Mexico: explored western coast of U.S.

Examples for Anza

During the day the party saw six villages, says Anza (A), most of whose habitants had fled.

The village at Tormey had a population of 400, according to Font, and 500, according to Anza.

This village was large; Font estimated the population as 400 persons and Anza as 500.

Great stretches of chamise (Adenostema fasciculatum), which Anza calls "Mattal," were observed.

Anza refers to only one, in addition to the one on Rodeo Creek, viz., the large village at Tormey.

The implication of Anza's account and the rather specific statement by Font seem to support Crespi's description.

Font and Anza had an excellent opportunity to observe aboriginal methods of navigation and fishing.

On the appearance of these Indians Font and Anza are very positive.

Anza emphasizes the fact that these Indians are not white, in contradistinction to the reports brought back by Crespi.

Journals were kept of both these trips; for the first by Crespi, for the second, by Anza himself and also by Font.

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