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Bilbao

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Bil·ba·o  (bl-bä, -bou)
A city of northern Spain near the Bay of Biscay. Founded c. 1300, it is a major port and industrial center. Population: 353,000.

Bilbao [bɪlˈbɑːəʊ (Spanish) bilˈβau]
n
(Placename) a port in N Spain, on the Bay of Biscay: the largest city in the Basque Provinces: famous since medieval times for the production of iron and steel goods: modern buildings include the Guggenheim Art Museum (1997). Pop.: 358 467 (1998 est.)


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It was now the beginning of the year 1693, when my nephew, whom, as I have observed before, I had brought up to the sea, and had made him commander of a ship, was come home from a short voyage to Bilbao, being the first he had made.
 
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