Guadiana

American  

[gwah-thyah-nah, gwuh-dyah-nuh] / gwɑˈðyɑ nɑ, gwəˈdyɑ nə /

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.

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Guadiana British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

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

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2025

Many other rivers in Spain contain the same Arabic root word for valley or riverbed, like the Guadalmedina and the Guadiana.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Neither Guadiana or Scherer have commented publicly on the papers.

From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2021

They had cast their eyes on the banks of the Guadiana, and they were now on their way to that frontier of Portugal.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various