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Pasionaria

British  
/ pasjoˈnarja /

noun

  1. La (la), real name Dolores Ibarruri. 1895–1989, Spanish Communist leader, who lived in exile in the Soviet Union (1939–75)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In an attempt to remedy this injustice, Blouin's memoir, titled My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria, is being re-released, having spent decades out of print.

From BBC Jan. 6, 2025

"We got hit so many times, a weaker team would have been on their knees," the coach Míchel said, turning all La Pasionaria.

From The Guardian Apr. 26, 2010

And now in May '68, here is La Pasionaria Sigourney, set to exhort the students with quotations from Chairman Mao's Little Red Book.

From Time Magazine Archive

Except for two years in France and Rumania, La Pasionaria has lived in Moscow from 1939 on.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Our Congress is a manifestation of charming womanhood, motherly warmth, moral and physical beauty!" gushed La Pasionaria, quite a little off the mark.

From Time Magazine Archive

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