zocalo

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The zocalo is a sort of a combination park and town square.

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  • "If anyone knows anything about such an incident, it will be him," Ceverra assured us Straight of spine if slow in step, Senor Flores invited us into his home two blocks off Guerrero's zocalo or main square, a welcome respite from the already beating sun. —  Omni: March 1995
  • He walks on toward the zocalo, which is now on a high gray hill, the thunderheads of a storm hanging over it like a dirty sock. —  Magazine - Aeon Authors - 2006 - Issue 07 - Aeon Seven
  • Mere days after URO's storm troopers raided the city center on June 14, 2006 in an attempt to remove the encampment of striking teachers (after regrouping, the teachers and their supporters retook the zocalo), the —  MRZine.org
  • Stroll around Oaxaca City, discovering the architecture, including the baroque Santo Domingo Cultural Centre with its botanical garden, and the buildings around the central square, or zocalo, including the cathedral. —  canada.com Top Stories
  • About 200 people attended and marched from the Seven Regions Fountain to the Cathedral in the zocalo. —  Angry White Kid
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  1. American Spanish zócalo, from Spanish, socle, from Italian zoccolo; see socle.
 

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