(a loanword from Spanish)
Headword:
Vera.
Principal English Translation:
a Spanish surname; e.g. Santiago de Vera, an "alcalde de corte" (probably a Spaniard or a creole), set out for "China" (i.e. the Philippines) in 1584 with four musicians who play wind instruments, but in the end only one chirimía player from Atlixxocan went with him
(central Mexico, early seventeenth century)