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Estremadura

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Es·tre·ma·du·ra  (str-m-dr, strä-mä-rä)
1. A historical region and former province of western Portugal surrounding Lisbon.
2. A historical region of west-central Spain bordering on Portugal. Reconquered from the Moors in the 12th and 13th centuries, it was frequently a battlefield in the Spanish territorial wars with Portugal and in the Peninsular War fought between France and Great Britain (1808-1814).
Estre·ma·duran adj. & n.
Estremadura (Portuguese) [ɪʃtrəməˈðurə]
n
(Placename) a region of W Spain: arid and sparsely populated except in the valleys of the Tagus and Guadiana Rivers. Area: 41 593 sq. km (16 059 sq. miles) Spanish name Extremadura
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