Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or belonging to Madrid.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Madrid, the capital of Spain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain, or to its inhabitants.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
Madrid , or to itsinhabitants . - noun Someone from
Madrid .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Beyond the city proper, afar, rolled the Madrilenian plain in gentle undulations, toward the mists of dawn; the Manzanares meandered along, as narrow as a band of silver; it sought the Los Angeles hill, crossing barren fields and humble districts, finally to curve and lose itself in the grey horizon.
The Quest P��o Baroja 1914
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The girl was absolutely free in her talk and had a thorough, finished knowledge of all the Madrilenian phrases and wiles.
The Quest P��o Baroja 1914
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This severe, melancholy landscape of the Madrilenian suburbs, with their bleak, cold gloominess, penetrated into Manuel's soul.
The Quest P��o Baroja 1914
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The hillocks and dales of the Madrilenian suburbs were not yet mottled with green grass; the trees of the Campo del Moro stood out reddish, skeleton-like, amidst the foliage of the evergreens; dark rolls of vapour rose along the ground, soon to be swept away by the wind.
The Quest P��o Baroja 1914
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Manuel had seen no other fields than the sad, rocky meadows of Soria and the still sadder ones of the Madrilenian suburbs.
The Quest P��o Baroja 1914
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Madrilenian Carlists capable of bearing arms departed long ago to join the ranks of the factious in the Basque provinces.
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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Madrilenian thieves, I should have, in being imprisoned, an excellent opportunity of completing it.
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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I have heard the manner of riding of an English jockey criticized, but it was by the idiotic heir of Medina Celi, and not by a picador of the Madrilenian bull ring.
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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Not among the young people; the greater part of the Madrilenian Carlists capable of bearing arms departed long ago to join the ranks of the factious in the Basque provinces.
The Bible in Spain 1712
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I have heard the manner of riding of an English jockey criticized, but it was by the idiotic heir of Medina Celi, and not by a picador of the Madrilenian bull ring.
The Bible in Spain 1712
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