Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A march or journey performed in a day.
  • noun The name given by the Mexicans to a long reach of desert country which has to be traversed, and where there is no water.

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Examples

  • From the Pima villages westward there is mention of a dry "jornada"

    Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert James H. McClintock

  • My primary sources for the history of the Chopo market and alternative youth subcultures in Mexico City include: the independently published history cited in the chapter text Tianguis Cultural del Chopo: Una larga jornada, by Abraham Ríos Manzano Ediciones AB, 1999; ¡Qué Onda Ése . . .

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • La estrella de la jornada, Cristina Kirchner le arrebató el manejo de la cumbre al Rafael Correa, le bajó la temperatura al enfrentamiento verbal, le puso los puntos sobre las íes a Uribe y a Chavez y ejerció como buena anfitriona.

    Global Voices in English » Colombia: The Extraordinary UNASUR Meeting in Bariloche 2009

  • My primary sources for the history of the Chopo market and alternative youth subcultures in Mexico City include: the independently published history cited in the chapter text Tianguis Cultural del Chopo: Una larga jornada, by Abraham Ríos Manzano Ediciones AB, 1999; ¡Qué Onda Ése . . .

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • My primary sources for the history of the Chopo market and alternative youth subcultures in Mexico City include: the independently published history cited in the chapter text Tianguis Cultural del Chopo: Una larga jornada, by Abraham Ríos Manzano Ediciones AB, 1999; ¡Qué Onda Ése . . .

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Some 300,000 Argonauts struck out for the West, a third of them taking what became known as the southern routes—overland byways converging at Yuma, Arizona, where the Gila River joined the Colorado, and continuing along one or another waterless trail, or jornada, toward the Pacific coast.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • In today's "la jornada", there's a headline that reads:

    gatopardismo (gatopardo) 2008

  • It was known in Spanish as la jornada de la muerte; in English as “the journey of death.”

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • It was known in Spanish as la jornada de la muerte; in English as “the journey of death.”

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • Perils of every variety confronted travelers on the jornada: disease, brigands, hostile tribes, and the daunting terrain itself.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

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