Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,739,974,143 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Badajoz

   Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
Ba·da·joz  (bäd-hz, -ä-hth)
A city of southwest Spain on the Guadiana River near the Portugal border. An ancient fortress city, it rose to prominence under the Moors as the seat (1022-1094) of a vast independent emirate. Population: 145,000.
Badajoz [ˈbædəˌhɒz (Spanish) baˈðaxoθ]
n
(Placename) a city in SW Spain: strategically positioned near the frontier with Portugal. Pop.: 134 710 (1998 est.)


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
In Badajoz, on the site of a seventeenth-century bullring within a pentagonal rampart, Jose Selgas and Lucia Cano designed a Congress Centre as a cylindrical volume surrounded by a stack of fibreglass rings.
Spain reigns: Terence Riley wound up his MoMA career with a Spanish ... by Deitz, Paula / The Architectural Review
Information: Antonio Mendez-Vilas, Formatex Research Center, C / Zurbaran, 1 2[degrees] Oficina 1, Badajoz 06001 Spain, +[34] 924258615, fax: +[34] 924258615, e-mail: applmicro@ formatex.
Calendar by Environmental Health Perspectives
The lingering sense of shame felt by many members of the Spanish upper middle class was brought home to me in the summer of 1963 when my family spent a week on the large farm of friends in the province of Badajoz.
Exploring Cursileria by Wilhelmsen, Alexandra / Modern Age
More results
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.