Oviedo

[ aw-vye-thaw ]

noun

1. a city in NW Spain.

Oviedo

/ oˈβjeðo /

noun

1. a city in NW Spain: capital of Asturias from 810 until 1002; centre of a coal- and iron-mining area. Pop: 207 699 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

State Rep. Sandy Adams (Oviedo, FL)—running for U.S. Congress, FL-24; primary Aug. 24.

From The Daily Beast

He continued his studies at Oviedo, and then went to Madrid, with the object of graduating as a lawyer.

From Project Gutenberg

In coming to Oviedo, we encounter a chronicler who, as a writer, possesses an art far from skillful.

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Oviedo describes him in 1535 as a person of "much nobility of character, of an affable turn and of a sweet conversation."

From Project Gutenberg

The patriarchate subsequently passed to Oviedo, who was the only one to reach the country.

From Project Gutenberg

Oviedo fled from some danger, and he was never heard of afterward; Vaca faced it, and lived.

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