Langreo

[ lahng-gre-aw ]

noun

1. a city in N Spain.

Example Sentences

Given his first opportunity as sporting director at Langreo - then managed by his brother - the Spaniard also held the position at former club Oviedo before accepting an offer from Burgos four years ago, which he says he is "so grateful for".

From BBC

In childhood, the boy from the mining village of Langreo in the north of Spain had shattered his femur.

From New York Times

GIJ�N, a seaport of northern Spain, in the province of Oviedo; on the Bay of Biscay, and at the terminus of railways from Avil�s, Oviedo and Langreo.

From Project Gutenberg

It was, however, the establishment of railway communication in 1884 which brought the town its modern prosperity, by rendering it the chief port of shipment for the products of Langreo and other mining centres in Oviedo.

From Project Gutenberg

Even the sculpted beard and diamond earring seem like a concession to his trade, a footballer-disguise for a defiantly grounded man from the village of Tuilla in the Langreo area of north Spain, a rural community built around a now moribund mining industry.

From The Guardian