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Cuenca

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Cuen·ca  (kwngk, -kä)
A city of south-central Ecuador southeast of Guayaquil. Founded in 1557, it is known as "the Marble City" for its fine buildings. Population: 277,000.
Cuenca (Spanish) [ˈkweŋka]
n
1. (Placename) a city in SW Ecuador: university (1868). Pop.: 255 028 (1997 est.)
2. (Placename) a town in central Spain: prosperous in the Middle Ages for its silver and textile industries. Pop.: 45 800 (1991)
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When Sancho saw the bride, he exclaimed, "By my faith, she is not dressed like a country girl, but like some fine court lady; egad, as well as I can make out, the patena she wears rich coral, and her green Cuenca stuff is thirty-pile velvet; and then the white linen trimming- by my oath, but it's satin
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