Tarragona

[ tahr-uh-goh-nuh, tar-uh-; Spanish tah-rah-gaw-nai ]

noun

1. a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.

Tarragona

/ tarraˈɣona /

noun

1. a port in NE Spain, on the Mediterranean: one of the richest seaports of the Roman Empire; destroyed by the Moors (714). Pop: 121 076 (2003 est) Latin nameTarracotəˈrɑːkəʊ

Example Sentences

A taphonomist at the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution in Tarragona, Spain, Blasco is an expert in Neandertal diet.

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Juana comprehended this reproach, and by her advice Diard sent back to Tarragona all the pictures he had brought from there.

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Destroyed at an earlier period by the Saracens, Tarragona was rebuilt in the twelfth century.

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I did not discover any other old church in Tarragona, yet I should suppose there must be some in so large a city.

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Tarragona is the see of an archbishop, who claims to be equal, if not superior, to the Archbishop of Toledo.

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Within a few days Tarragona, Gerona and Matar followed the example, the garrisons participating in the movement.

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