Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stove; an oven; a close room where heat or a fire is steadily maintained for any purpose. See the extract, and stove (in horticulture).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a room in a Pueblo
Indian house
Etymologies
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Examples
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They're fed up with corrupt politicians, and what they call the estufa or fraud perpetrated by international financial institutions.
Ellen Freudenheim: 15 Mayo: What Will It Mean for U.S. Youth Election Year Activism? Ellen Freudenheim 2011
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They're fed up with corrupt politicians, and what they call the estufa or fraud perpetrated by international financial institutions.
Ellen Freudenheim: 15 Mayo: What Will It Mean for U.S. Youth Election Year Activism? Ellen Freudenheim 2011
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In every pueblo there is to be found at least one "estufa," or council-house, for governmental or religious transactions.
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871
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Among the half-brutalised Tagnos, with bent limbs and downcast look, there were men who dreamt of days gone by; who knew that their fathers were once free; who in their secret assemblies in mountain cave, or in the deep darkness of the "estufa," still burned the "sacred fire" of the god Quetzalcoatl -- still talked of Moctezuma and
The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850
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[Footnote 4: The kiva is the assembly chamber, termed estufa in some of the older writings, particularly those of the early Spanish explorers.
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"The regular time for meeting in the estufa is the last day of
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849
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My other opinion (there's no lack of them) is that an estufa empotrable (appears to be built-in) is much superior in looks and ease of cleaning to a stove that sits up on legs on the floor.
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By Fire Cube, una estufa muy original - Hogar Total on November 27, 2008 at 4: 11 pm
Fire Screens that Present the Skylines of London and Rome 2008
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My other opinion (there's no lack of them) is that an estufa empotrable (appears to be built-in) is much superior in looks and ease of cleaning to a stove that sits up on legs on the floor.
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My other opinion (there's no lack of them) is that an estufa empotrable (appears to be built-in) is much superior in looks and ease of cleaning to a stove that sits up on legs on the floor.
fbharjo commented on the word estufa
pueblo meeting room -literally means stove. it is a partially subterranean dwelling
February 23, 2009