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Orense

American

[aw-ren-se] / ɔˈrɛn sɛ /

noun

a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.

Orense British

/ oˈrense /

noun

Galician name: Ourense. a city in NW Spain, in Galicia on the Miño River: warm springs. Pop: 109 475 (2003 est)

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Prosecutors have said Orense worked closely with a former chief of Venezuela's military intelligence agency who was indicted alongside Maduro and extradited to the United States from Spain earlier this year.

From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2023

Just after World War II, he got a job paving five miles of dirt road in his home village of Orense.

From Time Magazine Archive

At any rate, contemporary documents mention a Bishop Toribio, not the first to occupy the see nor the same prelate who worked miracles in Orense and Astorga.

From The Cathedrals of Northern Spain by Rudy, Charles

The French are retracing their steps, and bound for Orense.

From With Moore at Corunna by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

AURIA, an ancient town of Spain; now Orense, in Galicia.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius

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