alameda

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There is an admirably kept alameda for public enjoyment, divided by four rows of ancient cottonwood-trees, some of which are five feet in diameter.

From Aztec Land by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Towards evening, the throng and bustle within the town diminished, and were transferred to the pleasant walks around it, and especially to the shady and flower-bordered avenues of the alameda.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various

The favorite promenade is the paseo, which runs for over a mile within the city proper, terminating at the alameda.

From Aztec Land by Ballou, Maturin Murray

In the suburb of San Lazaro there is a fine broad promenade planted with trees, called the alameda vieja, at the end of which is situated the Convent of the Descalzos.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina

Each town has its shady alameda, its plaza, and a court for playing pelota, a kind of tennis, the game of the province.

From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle