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How do you use Mendaña in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.

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Mendaña in a sentence

Using Mendaña

  • In the example corpus, mendaña often appears in combinations such as: de mendaña, mendaña made, mendaña de.

Context around Mendaña

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

guadalcanal 1×

Often after:

believed 1× reported 1×

Sentence patterns with Mendaña

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

mendaña made contact 2× álvaro de mendaña de neira 2× after mendaña s discovery 1× citation during mendaña s second 1× on guadalcanal mendaña believed he 1× álvaro de mendaña reported observing 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

mendaña made contact 2× finding signs of 1× spanish mariner álvaro 1× spanish ships visited 1× the first european 1×

Common sentence endings:

7 february 1568 1× bernardo saint bernard 1× discovered wake island 1× islands of solomon 1× named la solitaria 1× their mouths red 1×

Words around Mendaña

Just before it in the word index:

mendacity 17 mendaciously 2 mendacious 14 menda 2 mend 193 menczer 3

Just after it in the word index:

mende 23 mended 38 mendeecees 2 mendel 72 mendelblit 3 mendeleev 20

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Mendaña

  • In this selection, "mendaña" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, guadalcanal, believed and reported stand out and add context to how "mendaña" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include mendaña made contact and álvaro de mendaña de neira. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "mendaña" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with mendaña

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Mendaña made contact with the islanders but was unable to land. (11 words)

The first European contact was that of Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira whose expedition first sighted Santa Isabel island on 7 February 1568. (25 words)

Finding signs of alluvial gold on Guadalcanal, Mendaña believed he had found the source of King Solomon 's wealth, and consequently named the islands "The Islands of Solomon". (28 words)

Longer example sentences

Spanish ships visited the islands in the 16th century; the first written record of contact with the islands came with the sighting of Pukapuka by Spanish sailor Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira in 1595 who called it San Bernardo (Saint Bernard). (41 words)

After Mendaña's discovery, other Spanish ships on the galleon route between Manila in the Philippine Islands to the west and Acapulco on the western coast of Mexico in the east, "discovered" Wake Island. (34 words)

Mendaña made contact with the islanders but was unable to land. citation During Mendaña's second voyage across the Pacific he passed Niulakita on 29 August 1595, which he named La Solitaria. (32 words)

Example sentences (7)

Mendaña made contact with the islanders but was unable to land. citation During Mendaña's second voyage across the Pacific he passed Niulakita on 29 August 1595, which he named La Solitaria.

After Mendaña's discovery, other Spanish ships on the galleon route between Manila in the Philippine Islands to the west and Acapulco on the western coast of Mexico in the east, "discovered" Wake Island.

Finding signs of alluvial gold on Guadalcanal, Mendaña believed he had found the source of King Solomon 's wealth, and consequently named the islands "The Islands of Solomon".

Mendaña made contact with the islanders but was unable to land.

Spanish mariner Álvaro de Mendaña reported observing Solomon Islanders chewing the nut and the leaf with caustic lime, and the manner in which the habit stained their mouths red.

Spanish ships visited the islands in the 16th century; the first written record of contact with the islands came with the sighting of Pukapuka by Spanish sailor Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira in 1595 who called it San Bernardo (Saint Bernard).

The first European contact was that of Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira whose expedition first sighted Santa Isabel island on 7 February 1568.

Common combinations with mendaña

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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