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Finisterre

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Fin·is·terre  (fn-stâr, fn-strr), Cape
A rocky promontory of extreme northwest Spain on the Atlantic Ocean. Off the cape the British won two naval victories over the French (1747 and 1805).
Finisterre [ˌfɪnɪˈstɛə]
n
1. (Placename) Cape. a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of the Spanish mainland
2. (Placename) an English name for Finistère


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Let us make a foray upon the dominions of that noisy barbarian, a great raid from Finisterre to Hatteras, catching his fishermen unawares, baffling the fleets that trust to his power, and shooting sly arrows into the livers of men who court his good graces.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Nine days after leaving the Charente, pale with fatigue and vexation, Milady saw only the blue coasts of Finisterre appear.
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