Ortegal

American  

[awr-te-gahl] / ˌɔr tɛˈgɑl /

noun

1. Cape, a cape in NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.

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Ortegal British  

/ ɔrteˈɣal /

noun

1. a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay

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Example Sentences

To give you some idea of the place where we are, Cape Finisterre and Cape Ortegal are two long arms of land stretched out into the sea, which embrace a large body of water.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail

His last accounts were, that they were off Cape Ortegal, endeavoring to get round Cape Finisterre to Cadiz.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various

It had not been five days at sea before another tempest arose off Cape Ortegal.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

The fine weather continued till the “Helen” had passed Cape Ortegal, and was fairly in the Bay of Biscay.

From Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War by Hoggans, T.

On the 27th of October, in the evening, we made Cape Ortegal, and on the 31st came to an anchor in Brest road.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert