Definition of Picacho

1. an isolated peak of a hill [n -CHOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Picacho

pibals
pibble
pibbles
pibcorn
pibcorns
piberaline
pibgorn
piblokto
pibloktoq
pibroch
pibrochs
pic
pica
pica-pica
pica em
picacho (current term)
picachos
picadillo
picadillos
picador
picadores
picadors
pical
picalilli
picalillis
picamar
picamars
picaninnies
picaninny
picante

Literary usage of Picacho

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

1. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (southern California) Its Rivers and Its by George Wharton James (1906)
"picacho (the peak) and picacho mining camp Then, too, think of the isolation of men thus thrust out from intercourse with all but very few of their fellow ..."

2. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico by John Russell Bartlett (1854)
"... darkness—Unpleasant situation— Pack-mules and cattle missing—picacho mountain—Vegetation of the desert—Second night's march—Arrival at Tucson—General ..."

3. Adventure Guide Honduras & the Bay Islands by Maria Fiallos (2006)
"El picacho National Park El picacho is a national park on the north side of the city, which offers the best views of Tegucigalpa and is also where the ..."

4. The Cities and Wilds of Andalucia by Robert Dundas Murray (1853)
"As the picacho is accessible by a bridle-track to within half.a-mile of its summit, the plan of the ascent was to proceed to the station of the neveros, ..."

5. Desert Dancing: Exploring the Land, the People, the Legends of the by Len Wilcox (2000)
"... stretched west of the road, running more or less parallel to it, as far as we can see. The Algodones Dunes. Exploring the picacho Peak Region ..."

6. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1869)
"From this the table-land stretches continuously west to the bloody picacho. Long before we reached Tucson, or at least seventy miles distant, ..."

7. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (southern California) Its Rivers and Its by George Wharton James (1906)
"picacho (the peak) and picacho mining camp Then, too, think of the isolation of men thus thrust out from intercourse with all but very few of their fellow ..."

8. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico by John Russell Bartlett (1854)
"... darkness—Unpleasant situation— Pack-mules and cattle missing—picacho mountain—Vegetation of the desert—Second night's march—Arrival at Tucson—General ..."

9. Adventure Guide Honduras & the Bay Islands by Maria Fiallos (2006)
"El picacho National Park El picacho is a national park on the north side of the city, which offers the best views of Tegucigalpa and is also where the ..."

10. The Cities and Wilds of Andalucia by Robert Dundas Murray (1853)
"As the picacho is accessible by a bridle-track to within half.a-mile of its summit, the plan of the ascent was to proceed to the station of the neveros, ..."

11. Desert Dancing: Exploring the Land, the People, the Legends of the by Len Wilcox (2000)
"... stretched west of the road, running more or less parallel to it, as far as we can see. The Algodones Dunes. Exploring the picacho Peak Region ..."

12. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1869)
"From this the table-land stretches continuously west to the bloody picacho. Long before we reached Tucson, or at least seventy miles distant, ..."

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