vega

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  1. A tract of ground, low, flat, and moist. This word is confined chiefly to Spain and Cuba; in the latter it often denotes a ‘tobacco-field.’ The best properties known as vegas, or tobacco farms, are comprised in a narrow area in the south-west part of the island [of Cuba]. S. Hazard, Cuba with Pen and Pencil (London, 1873), [p. 329. Sometimes the water of entire rivers or vast artificial reservoirs … is used in feeding a dense network of canals distributed over plains many square miles in extent. Such plains in Valencia and Murcia are known by the Spanish name of huertas(gardens),in Andalusia by the Arabic name of vegas, which has the same meaning. Encyc. Brit., XXII. 299.

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  • One of the most picturesque of these was known as “the queen's skirmish.” The royal encampment was situated so far from Granada that only the general aspect of the city could be seen as it rose from the vega, covering the sides of the hills with its palaces and towers. —  Washington Irving
  • Erick Morillo & Little Louie vega - Sunday shoutin'. mp3 —  Torrentreactor.Net
  • ( 'Standard' version) and accessories for next day despatch and 48hr delivery, at www. vega-line.co.uk, or for further options, contact VEGA sales 01444 870055, info@uk. vega.com —  ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom - Today's New Product News
  • V vega: the change in an options price for a 1\% change in volatility —  Minyanville
  • These estimates are based upon the recorded reserves as of January 8, 2009, and the related hedge instruments in place as of that date, along with additional implied volatility (vega) hedges that have been implemented to further close the vega shortfall that existed as of January 8, 2009. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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  1. from Spanish vega = Catalan vega = Portuguese veiga, an open plain, a tract of flat land; origin uncertain.
 

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