Definition of Rivera

1. Noun. Socialist Mexican painter of murals (1886-1957).

Exact synonyms: Diego Rivera
Generic synonyms: Muralist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rivera

River Acheron
River Adige
River Aire
River Arno
River Avon
River Cam
River Cocytus
River Kasai
River Lethe
River Plate
River Severn
River Styx
River Thames
River Trent
River Tyne
Rivera (current term)
Rivero-Carvallo effect
Rivers' cocktail
Riverside
Riviera
Riviere's salt
Rivina
Rivina humilis
Rivinus' canals
Rivinus' ducts
Rivinus' gland
Rivinus' incisure
Rivinus' membrane
Rivinus' notch
Rivne

Literary usage of Rivera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1908)
"Articles Taken from the Missions by Fr. Serra and Captain Rivera. ... WHEN Captain Rivera, on reaching Santa Maria, discovered that the surrounding country ..."

2. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"the criminal by Rivera y Moncada and the excommunication of the latter by the missionaries. The position, in which affairs had thus ranged themselves, ..."

3. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"the criminal by Rivera y Moncada and the excommunication of the latter by the missionaries. The position, in which affairs had thus ranged themselves, ..."

4. The Beginnings of San Francisco: From the Expedition of Anza, 1774, to the by Zoeth Skinner Eldredge (1912)
"On the march to Monterey Rivera commanded the rear guard. When Fages was recalled in September 1773, Rivera was appointed to succeed him and assumed command ..."

5. The Beginnings of San Francisco: From the Expedition of Anza, 1774, to the by Zoeth Skinner Eldredge (1912)
"On the march to Monterey Rivera commanded the rear guard. When Fages was recalled in September 1773, Rivera was appointed to succeed him and assumed command ..."

6. Latin America: Its Rise and Progress by Francisco García Calderón (1913)
"Rivera and Lavalleja inherited his unconquerable patriotism, ... Rivera and Lavalleja were willing to compromise at the commencement of the new campaign of ..."

7. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1854)
"... y Rivera, the K The name of this author is one he had studied in ... y Rivera ; and, no doubt, of the same sort, and should be ..."

8. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican: A Historical, Geographical, Political by Brantz Mayer (1852)
"Rivera VICEROY. LA CERDA VICEROY. REVOLT IN NEW MEXICO. ... In 1677, by the orders of the queen regent, Rivera, despatched a colony to California; ..."

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