A pet name from loro (lō´-ro), parrot, like our Polly. Parrots are very common pets in Spain, especially in Andalusia, where they sometimes mock the schoolboys by shrieking from their balcony perches:
“I hate to go to school.
Oh, oh, oh!
For I am such a fool,
And Master beats me so.”
The capital city of Spain, almost at the geographical centre of the Peninsula.
Malaga. (Mah´-lah-gah.)
A fine old seaport on the southern coast of Spain. Malaga grapes go the world over.
Mambrú. (Mahm-broo´.)
A folk-song name for a soldier.
Manta. (Mahn´-tah.)
A horse-cloth.