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/kɛˈɹɛnsɪə/ · noun
(bullfighting) The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand..
Once hit, a rebel unit must be hit again, and remain hit; the army must penetrate the querencia where – like a fighting bull – it was at home, and stay there, driving it out into unknown and unfriendly territory.
The wolf paced and circled limping on three legs and then crouched by the iron stake where it seemed she’d made her querencia.
“We’ve lived there so long because of our querencia,” said Ms. Garcia, a term she defined as “a cultural longing, a pull, that keeps us there.”
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Querencia means (bullfighting) The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand..
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Once hit, a rebel unit must be hit again, and remain hit; the army must penetrate the querencia where – like a fighting bull – it was at home, and stay there, driving it out into unknown and unfriendly territory.
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