"Concha" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... girl, Concha Arguello. He sees her in the setting of burning and sweet Castilian roses—a girl who has had the benefit of education, who keeps the graces of old Madrid in this realm beyond sea, a burgeoning bud of womanhood, daughter of the commandante. ...
— Rezanov • Gertrude Atherton
... pinna, concha; (inner) labyrinth. Associated Words: otology, otologist, aurist (ear doctor), auricular, otography, otopathy, aural, auditory, otiatrics, lappet, otoplasty, tympanitis, otorrhea, auricled, alveary, otolith, lobe, otic, binaural, malleus, ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming
... el momento de encerrarme en las entranas de esa pena; de incrustarme en su centro como un marisco en su concha. ...
— Novelas Cortas • Pedro Antonio de Alarcon
... to Fo-kien by Polo is variously written as Choncha, Chonka, Concha, Chouka. It has not been satisfactorily explained. Klaproth and Neumann refer it to Kiang-Che, of which Fo-kien at one time of the Mongol rule formed a part. This is the more improbable as Polo expressly distinguishes this province or kingdom from that which was ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa |
