The term llano estacado is usually translated as “staked plain.”. From Wordnik.com. [EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON] Reference
They've cut the 'phone down to the' llano 'as a start. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
The llano is a big place. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove] Reference
General Dimasio does not like to travel on the llano. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Man’s Walk] Reference
They pointed straight into the longest distance of the llano. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
As Dancing Rabbit chattered on, Kicking Wolf rode west into the llano. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
After a day or two on the llano the meaning of distance seemed changed. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Man’s Walk] Reference
Why would a single Comanche be singing by himself at night, on the llano?. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
There was the llano to cross, and talking would not propel them across it. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
But Kicking Wolf had lured the Captain onto the llano, which was his place. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
The Buffalo Horse had no reason to fear wolves, or anything else on the llano. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
They had traveled far on the great raid, all the way from the llano to the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
The bluecoat soldiers would come, in time, to the llano but it would not be soon. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
Danjoy, editors, Amazonia Peruana: vegetación húmeda tropical en el llano subandino. From Wordnik.com. [Iquitos varzea] Reference
Danjoy, editors, Amazonia Peruana: vegetacióon húmeda tropical en el llano subandino. From Wordnik.com. [Southwest Amazon moist forests] Reference
A man lost on the llano would wander until he starved—or until the Comanches got him. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
He would be foolish to think he could continue across the llano and not get in trouble. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
It was a dry year, the grass of the llano brown, the long plain shimmering with mirages. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
Danjoy (editors), Amazonia Peruana: vegetacióon húmeda tropical en el llano subandino. From Wordnik.com. [Monte Alegre varzea] Reference
Even if the Texans went on south across the llano, the cold and sleet would follow them. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
Then Blue Duck shot two of their horses—that is why they are walking across the llano. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
They all looked around anxiously, but, of course, the llano was empty in all directions. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
In another Ahumado had him, and, in a third, a great flood came while he was on the llano. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
Instead, he lay on the soft chaise set on the open-air patio, listening to the llano vibra. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Once again, Pamir sat outside his apartment, listening to the wild songs of the llano vibra. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
When they asked the old woman what became of him she wailed and pointed north, toward the llano. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Man’s Walk] Reference
Probably half the crimes committed on the llano in the next ten years would be laid to Blue Duck. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
The latter appeared as a collection in a work titled "El llano en llamas" ( "The Burning Plain"). From Wordnik.com. [The few, the proud, the work of Juan Rulfo (1917–1986)] Reference
He wanted to die somewhere on the llano, alone, in a spirit place, as Buffalo Hump had tried to do. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
Coming over the crest of a sharp ridge, she saw something utterly unexpected — a thick luxurious stand of irrigated llano vibra. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
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