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Vigo

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Vi·go  (vg, b-)
A city of northwest Spain on the Bay of Vigo, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. Vigo is a naval base and major shipping and fishing center. Population: 295,000.
Vigo [ˈviːgəʊ (Spanish) ˈbigo]
n
(Placename) a port in NW Spain, in Galicia on Vigo Bay (an inlet of the Atlantic): site of a British and Dutch naval victory (1702) over the French and Spanish. Pop.: 283 110 (1998 est.)


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They wanted to be taken to a Spanish port, and, if not to Cadiz, into Vigo Bay, situated on the northwest coast of Spain, and which was not blocked.
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Lord John Roxton and I turned down Vigo Street together and through the dingy portals of the famous aristocratic rookery.
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