Definition of Cancha

1. a jai alai court [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancha

cancerations
cancered
cancericidal
cancerigenic
cancerless
cancerlike
cancerocidal
cancerogenic
cancerophobia
cancerostatic
cancerous
cancerously
cancerousness
cancers
cancerweed
cancha (current term)
canchas
cancra
cancriform
cancrine
cancrinite
cancrinites
cancrisilite
cancrivorous
cancroid
cancroids
cancrum
cancrum oris
candela
candelabra

Literary usage of Cancha

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

1. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the Years 1838 by Charles Wilkes (1852)
"... relating to it—Description of Baños—-Its Habitations—State of Horses—Return to Casa cancha—Chilian Convoy from Pasco—Pasco—Mines—Veins of Ore—Number of ..."

2. Voyage Round the World: Embracing the Principal Events of the Narrative of by Charles Wilkes (1849)
"... TION THREATENED ATTACK OF A CONDOR PORTRAIT INCIDENTS RELATING TO IT DESCRIPTION OF BANOS ITS HABITATIONS STATE OF HORSES RETURN TO CASA cancha CHILIAN ..."

3. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1907)
"They divided all that position, from Santo Domingo to the junction of the rivers into four neighbourhoods or quarters which they call cancha. ..."

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