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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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It was also identified with the British Empire in a way that Catalonia, despite its doubtful claim to Columbus expressed in the towering monument in Barcelona, had not achieved in the days when Spanish imperial greatness brought riches to Seville and provided opportunities for Estremadurans.
Catalonia and the Scots by Kernohan, R.D. / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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