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Definition of: presidio
(pri·sid′ē·ō) noun plural ·sid·i·os
1. A garrisoned post; fort; fortified settlement.
2. A Spanish penal settlement in a foreign country.
—the Presidio A U.S. military reservation in San Francisco. [<Am. Sp.]
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