presidio
1. [ noun ] (military) a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings
Examples:

"Tucson was first settled as a walled presidio"

Related terms: fortress
Similar spelling:   prosodion
  presidium
  preside
  praesidium
  prestigious
  prosthion
  prosciuto
  president
  Presti
  Prasad
  Prestridge
  presidency
  prosody
  Pristis
  presto
  pressed
  prosodic
  pristine
  Preston
  prestige