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Guadalquivir

[ gwah-thahl-kee-veer ]

noun

  1. a river in S Spain, flowing W to the Gulf of Cádiz. 374 miles (602 km) long.


Guadalquivir

/ ɡwaðalkiˈβir; ˌɡwɑːdəlkwɪˈvɪə /

noun

  1. the chief river of S Spain, rising in the Sierra de Segura and flowing west and southwest to the Gulf of Cádiz: navigable by ocean-going vessels to Seville. Length: 560 km (348 miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

At Cordova a great many idlers collect, toward sunset, in the quay that runs along the right bank of the Guadalquivir.

Moor, replied the baron, with a proud look, can the waters of the Manzanares and of the Guadalquivir join?

Though hundreds of miles separate the Manzanares from the Guadalquivir, yet do they meet in the mightier waters of the ocean.

The approach to Cordova is inviting, and the Moorish city is beheld amidst a fertile region, across which runs the Guadalquivir.

Then the Guadalquivir overflows its banks and deluges the town and the flat land, drowning live stock and destroying buildings.

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