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‖ vega1|ˈveɪgə|
[Sp. and Catal. vega, Pg. veiga, of obscure origin.]
In Spain and Spanish America, an extensive, fertile, and grass-covered plain or tract of land.
c1645Howell Lett. I. i. 24, I am now in Valentia, one of the noblest Cities in all Spain, situate in a large Vega or Valley, about sixty miles compass. 1827Longfellow Life (1891) I. ix. 131 We crossed the beautiful Vega—those delicious and luxuriant meadows which stretch away to the south and west of Granada. 1838Prescott Ferd. & Is. i. viii. (1846) I. 363 Their spacious vegas afforded an ample field for the display of their matchless horsemanship. 1850B. Taylor Eldorado vii. (1862) 67 The grass on the vega before the house was still thick and green. 1887F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 85 The horses were driven in from the vega.
b. In the West Indies, a piece of fertile meadowland used for the cultivation of sugar or tobacco; a tobacco-field.
1871Kingsley At Last ix, The vega is usually a highly cultivated cane-piece. 1871Hazard Cuba 329 The best properties known as vegas, or tobacco farms, are comprised in a narrow area in the south-west part of the island. |