Compostela
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A derailment near Santiago de Compostela in 2013 that killed 80 people was not part of the AVE network, although that train was travelling at high speed.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
The crash late on Sunday is Spain's deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of track outside the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
In addition to the University of Exeter, the research team included scientists from the University of Vigo and the University of Santiago de Compostela.
From Science Daily • Oct. 5, 2023
Fulfilling a long-held dream with Mary’s help, on Sept. 1 I began the Camino de Santiago in Spain, a 500-mile walk from the French border to Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2023
Anyhow this Norman fortress bears the name of the Saint of Compostela in a form chiefly familiar in Britain and Aragon, though it is not without a cognate in the Italian Giacomo.
From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by Hutton, William Holden
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