Guadiana

[gwah-thyah-nah, gwuh-dyah-nuh]

noun

1. a river in SW Europe, flowing S from central Spain through SE Portugal to the Gulf of Cádiz. 515 miles (830 km) long.

Guadiana

/ ɡwaˈðjana, ɡwəˈðjənə /

noun

1. a river in SW Europe, rising in S central Spain and flowing west, then south as part of the border between Spain and Portugal, to the Gulf of Cádiz. Length: 578 km (359 miles)

Example Sentences

Bridgeland attorney Ernest Guadiana said his client’s use of the property is valid because its lease is with the U.S.

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Within days of his release from the centre he began heading back to Doñana, swimming across the Guadiana river to reach Spain.

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Carter rejected the proposal by Bridgeland attorney Ernest Guadiana to swap an acre and a half of its property and increase royalties from 2.5% to up to 5.5% based on the price of oil.

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“Do I hear 51%,” he repeatedly asked Guadiana, who said that figure would put the operation out of business.

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While some of the images this summer — graphic hunger stones being discovered in Germany, a 450-kilogram World War II bomb being removed from a riverbed in Italy and sheep taking shelter underneath a medieval bridge on the dried bed of the Guadiana River in Spain — are eye catching, Europe last saw a significant drought not that long ago, in 2018.

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