Cádiz

[kuh-diz, key-diz; Spanish kah-th eeth, -th ees] /kəˈdɪz, ˈkeɪ dɪz; Spanish ˈkɑ ðiθ, -ðis/

noun

a seaport in SW Spain, on a bay of the Atlantic (Gulf of Cádiz)

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Cádiz

/kəˈdɪz; Spanish ˈkaðiθ/

noun

a port in SW Spain, on a narrow peninsula that forms the Bay of Cádiz at the E end of the Gulf of Cádiz, founded about 1100 bc as a Phoenician trading colony; centre of trade with America from the 16th to 18th centuries. Pop: 134 989 (2003 est)

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