alameda

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Gleaming white houses rose one above another among feathery palms, with a broad streak of darker green in their midst to mark the shady alameda.

From Brandon of the Engineers by Bindloss, Harold

A favorite dance, known here as the zama cueca, is often witnessed out-of-doors in retired corners of the plaza or the alameda, as well as elsewhere.

From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Several of the most important avenues, beside the Plaza Mayor and the alameda, are lighted by electricity, other portions of the city proper by gas, and the outlying districts by oil-fed lanterns.

From Aztec Land by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The alameda was quite deserted; everybody, with the exception of myself, having for some time retired. 

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

Behind this is a beautiful old alameda of olives, at the upper end of which a modern orphanage, conducted by the Dominican Sisters, has been erected.

From The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by James, George Wharton