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Badajoz

American  
[bah-thah-hawth] / ˌbɑ ðɑˈhɔθ /

noun

  1. a city in SW Spain.


Badajoz British  
/ ˈbædəˌhɒz, baˈðaxoθ /

noun

  1. a city in SW Spain: strategically positioned near the frontier with Portugal. Pop: 138 415 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The project was carried out in partnership with the Universidad de Sevilla and specialists from the Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Badajoz.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

The north-eastern city of Zaragoza is forecast to see temperatures of up to 42C, while Badajoz, in the south-west, could register up to 47C on Thursday.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2022

The victory in Badajoz left Spain with 10 points in the group.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2021

The Guadiana flows west across Extremadura through Mérida and Badajoz before bending south and eventually forming part of the boundary between Spain and Portugal all the way to the Atlantic.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020

I answered that it was perfectly indifferent to me whether I visited it or not; and, having taken a survey of Badajoz from the eastern side of the hill, descended by the way I came.

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

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