Estigarribia
Proper noun
Meaning
Estigarribia (plural Estigarribias)
A surname.
Examples
Paraguayan Lieutenant Colonel José Félix Estigarribia prepared for a large offensive before the Bolivians would have mobilized their whole army.
Southwestern historical quarterly, Volumen 54. Texas State Historical Association in cooperation with the Center for Studies in Texas History, University of Texas at Austin, p. 250 Estigarribia, José Félix (1969).
This hero of the Chaco War was serving as a special envoy to the United States, and on June 13 Estigarribia and US Secretary of State Cordell Hull signed the Export-Import Bank loan of US$3.5 million.
Estigarribia claimed that the defeat was largely due to the mountainous terrain, conditions in which his forces were not used to fighting.
Paraguayan commander-in-chief Gen. José Félix Estigarribia decided then to launch a final assault on Villa Montes.
The government offended the army rank-and-file by refusing to fund pensions for disabled war veterans in 1936 while awarding 1,500 gold pesos a year to Estigarribia.