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CAPTAINCY GENERAL

Definition: CAPTAINCY GENERAL

CAPTAINCY GENERAL

1. The office, power, territory, or jurisdiction of a captain general; as, the captaincy general of La Habana (Cuba and its islands).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Non-Fiction Usage: CAPTAINCY GENERAL

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Costa Rica

Settlement of Costa Rica began in 1522. For nearly three centuries, Spain administered the region as part of the Captaincy General of Guatemala under a military governor. (references)

Honduras

Spaniard Hernan Cortes arrived in 1524. The Spanish founded several settlements along the coast, and Honduras formed part of the Colonial era Captaincy General of Guatemala. (references)

El Salvador

In 1525, he returned and succeeded in bringing the district under control of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, which retained its authority until 1821, despite an abortive revolution in 1811. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Anagrams: CAPTAINCY GENERAL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-e-e-g-i-l-n-n-p-r-t-y"

-4 letters: accelerating, precanceling.

-5 letters: acceptingly, glycerinate, interagency, panegyrical, paragenetic, praelecting, precleaning, preenacting, reaccenting, reaccepting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CAPTAINCY GENERAL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 41 50 54 41 49 4E 43 59      47 45 4E 45 52 41 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01000001 01010000 01010100 01000001 01001001 01001110 01000011 01011001 00100000 01000111 01000101 01001110 01000101 01010010 01000001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#65 &#80 &#84 &#65 &#73 &#78 &#67 &#89 &#32 &#71 &#69 &#78 &#69 &#82 &#65 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0041 0050 0054 0041 0049 004E 0043 0059      0047 0045 004E 0045 0052 0041 004C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

373550543543483759241394839523546

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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