Vuelta Abajo

[ vwel-tuh uh-bah-hoh; Spanish vwel-tah ah-bah-haw ]

noun

1. a region in western Cuba.

Vuelta Abajo

/ ˈbwelta aˈβaxo /

noun

1. a region of W Cuba: famous for its tobacco

Example Sentences

In the first place, all the best tobacco grows at the lower end of the island, and is therefore called "Vuelta abajo."

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It owes its past and its present importance to its location as a centre of the tobacco region of the Vuelta Abajo.

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The Vuelta Abajo was completely cowed, and sentries patrolled every settlement.

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It is needless to state that this price for tobacco lands, even in Vuelta Abajo, does not prevail.

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Its leaf, however, brings in the open market only about half the sum received for the Vuelta Abajo.

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