Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a breed of large beef cattle that are highly resistant to heat and insects, developed in the United States by crossing Brahmans and shorthorns.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Brahman and shorthorn crossbreed of red cattle; hardy in hot regions
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Cas Gasi, in the hamlet of Santa Gertrudis, offers its star-studded clientele (Richard Gere, for one, according to its website) hiking, biking and sailing along with meditation and yoga.
Ibiza's Softer Side 2010
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Cas Gasi, in the hamlet of Santa Gertrudis, offers its star-studded clientele (Richard Gere, for one, according to its website) hiking, biking and sailing along with meditation and yoga.
The Other Ibiza 2010
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Ramp up with a late-afternoon nap and a hearty dinner at Can Caus (near Santa Gertrudis), famous for making its own sausages, or Cami de Balàfia (on restaurant mile, near Sant Llorenç) for nourishing pre-club grub, such as ribs roasted on olive wood and butifarra, a spiced pork sausage perfumed with pine nuts, almonds and cinnamon (about €15 for a main course).
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Near the village of Santa Gertrudis, hotel owner Mucki Braun built this house last year in a typical island style.
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Ibiza is a good place to purchase leather goods, either at shops like Bome's or Ti Cuero in Santa Gertrudis, or at the Las Dalias hippie market, held on Saturdays in the town of Sant Joan.
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Six years later the Santa Gertrudis ranch was the major cattle enterprise on the coastal plain, and in 1860 King took Mifflin Kenedy in as a ranching partner.
THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007
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By the close of the Civil War, the Running W brand of the Santa Gertrudis roamed over 300,000 acres.
THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007
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Richard King mulled over the idea for a long time, discussed it with Mifflin Kenedy, and then finally bought the Santa Gertrudis tract of 75,000 acres on the Nueces River.
THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007
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An electric door in the barn opened and two men led a huge Santa Gertrudis bull out into the sunshine.
Clean Kill Alexander, Al 2000
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The men with the Santa Gertrudis bull jerked the rope clipped to his nose and hurried him into the next pen.
Clean Kill Alexander, Al 2000
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