Definition of Bayamo

1. n. A violent thunder squall occurring on the south coast of Cuba, esp. near Bayamo. The gusts, called bayamo winds, are modified foehn winds.

Definition of Bayamo

1. Noun. A violent storm in the Caribbean ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) a violent force ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bayamo

1. a strong wind [n -MOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bayamo

bay salt
bay scallop
bay sore
bay tree
bay willow
bay window
bay windows
bay wreath
bay yarn
bay yarns
baya
bayadeer
bayadeers
bayadere
bayaderes
bayamo (current term)
bayamos
bayan
bayanist
bayanists
bayans
bayard
bayardly
bayards
bayat
bayatte
bayberries
bayberry
bayberry bark
bayberry tallow

Literary usage of Bayamo

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

1. L'île de Cuba: Santiago--Puerto-Principe--Matanzas Et la Havane by Hippolyte Piron (1876)
"La proclamation de bayamo. Mais rien ne peut abattre l'énergie des Cubanos, poussés par la haine et le désespoir. Que de courages sublimes a révélés parmi ..."

2. Rambles by Land and Water: Or, Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico; Including by Benjamin Moore Norman (1845)
"bayamo, or St. Salvador,—sixty miles west of Santiago, numbers nearly ten thousand souls. Manzanilla, thirty miles south from this, has three thousand. ..."

3. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1877)
"OBITUARY FRANCISCO VICENTE AGUILERA This eminent patriot was born in the city of bayamo, in the Eastern Department of the Island of Cuba, the 23d June, ..."

4. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1920)
"Representative Mines and Prospects in District South of bayamo The manganese deposits that were examined in the district south of bayamo consist of the ..."

5. United States in War with Spain and the History of Cuba: A Thrilling Account by Trumbull White (1898)
"About the first of July, Maceo, still in the province of Santiago, concentrated the forces in the Holguin district and moved against bayamo, capturing one ..."

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