Definition of Lorca

1. Noun. Spanish poet and dramatist who was shot dead by Franco's soldiers soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War (1898-1936).

Exact synonyms: Frederico Garcia Lorca, Garcia Lorca
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright, Poet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lorca

Lophosoria
Lophosoriaceae
Lopid
Lopingian
Lopressor
Lora
Lorado Taft
Lorain
Lorain's disease
Lorain-Levi dwarfism
Lorain-Levi infantilism
Lorain-Levi syndrome
Loranthaceae
Loranthus
Loranthus europaeus
Lorca
Lord's
Lord's Day
Lord's Prayer
Lord's Resistance Army
Lord's Supper
Lord's table
Lord Britten of Aldeburgh
Lord Chancellor
Lord George Gordon Byron
Lord High Chancellor
Lord Macaulay
Lord Mayor
Lord Mayors
Lord Muck

Literary usage of Lorca

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

1. Spain and Portugal: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1898)
"There is also a local train from Murcia to lorca. ... The luxuriant huertas i>f Murcia and lorca are followed by the dreary steppe of Baza and Guadix; ..."

2. Spain and Portugal: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (1901)
"The luxuriant huertas of Murcia and lorca are followed by the dreary steppe of Baza and Guadix; and finally we traverse the mountain-valleys of the Sierra ..."

3. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1890)
"Antequera,303 and another from Aquilas to lorca.309 In this way, means of intercourse ... Para dar salida à los frutos, que regaban loe pantanos de lorca, ..."

4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1823)
"... Madrid, lorca, Valencia— Accusatory Address of the Cortes to the King—Decrees showing a jealousy of France—Prorogation of the Cortes—Disturbances in ..."

5. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1823)
"Dissolution oft/ic Extraordinary Cortes—New Ministry—Opening oft/ic New Cortes—Budget of the Year—Disturbances in Pampeluna, Madrid, lorca, Valencia—. ..."

6. Letters, Descriptive of Public Monuments, Scenery, and Manners in France and by Caroline Elizabeth Wilde Cushing (1832)
"... and lorca, a distance of seven leagues; and but a few scattered houses besides are to be seen at long intervals apart. Soon after passing this hamlet, ..."

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