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US
/pɪˈzɑɹoʊ/
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NOUN
- Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)
How To Use Pizarro In A Sentence
- It _did_ take a dozen men in full armor to kill the armorless Pizarro, and even then it took trickery and treachery to do it. Despoilers of the Golden Empire
- Pizarro defeated the might of the Inca Empire with only a few hundred men.
- According to the historian Prescott, Pizarro, the caudillo, spent a million pesos in gold to equip an army to fight La Gasca, the Pacifier, whose fleet was battered by a storm but arrived safely on the equatorial coasts.
- Francisco de Orellana was born around 1511 to a prominent family in the hardscrabble region of Spain known as Extremadura, home to a flotilla of other explorers, including Hernán Cortés, Vasco Núñez de Balboa and Francisco Pizarro, the conqueror of the Incas. Escaping The Rainforest
- These performances of the three late sonatas too have a fine, confident sweep and display Pizarro's easy, fluent virtuosity.
- As he pulled level with Pizarro, Spencer's mount hung right and appeared to squeeze him against the rails.
- Between themselves they arrange that the wedding shall take place when next Pizarro makes his monthly visit to Seville to give an account of his stewardship, and the jailer admonishes the youthful pair to put money in their purses in a song of little distinction, but containing some delineative music in the orchestra suggesting the rolling and jingling of coins. A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music
- Werder, though, remain hopeful Pizarro may sign a long-term agreement at the Weserstadion.
- Hargreaves plays the ball into Pizarro on the edge of the Celtic box.
- Peruvian-Chilean relations have been generally good of late and Peruvian officials including Defense Minister Luis Alberto Otarola avoided the word "espionage" when questioned by reporters about the arrests of Serain and Pizarro. SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter