Alicante

[ al-uh-kan-tee; Spanish ah-lee-kahn-te ]

noun

1. a seaport in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean.

Alicante

/ ˌælɪˈkæntɪ /

noun

1. a port in SE Spain: commercial centre. Pop: 305 911 (2003 est) Catalan nameAlacant

Example Sentences

They were helped by police officers from nearby Alicante, including a friend of Victor’s, who quickly arrived and began a desperate search.

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Jorge Olcina, a climate scientist from the University of Alicante and co-author of a recent report on climate change in Spain, told Cadena Ser radio that the recent floods were “Mediterranean evidence of climate change” which, he explained, “is changing the way it rains”.

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They continued in many of the country’s most popular tourist destinations, such as the Balearic Islands, the Mediterranean city of Alicante, cities on the southern coast and Barcelona, where some protesters squirted foreign visitors with water pistols and shouted: “Tourists go home!”

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They didn't know who Bilsland was going to meet but at the request of the NCA, Spanish police secretly photographed the two men at Alicante's Melia Hotel and sent the pictures back to Scotland.

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Spaniards have been protesting throughout the summer for the same reasons in other major tourist destinations, including Barcelona, Alicante and the Canary and Balearic Islands.

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