Sagunto

American  

[suh-goon-toh, sah-goon-taw] / səˈgun toʊ, sɑˈgun tɔ /

noun

1. a city in E Spain, N of Valencia: besieged by Hannibal 219–218 b.c.

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Sagunto British  

/ saˈɣunto /

noun

1. Ancient name: Saguntum.  an industrial town in E Spain, near Valencia: allied to Rome and made a heroic resistance to the Carthaginian attack led by Hannibal (219–218 _bc ). Pop: 58 287 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

As you walk past the shops on Sagunto Street, you’d be forgiven for thinking you hear your spurs jangling.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2024

German car maker Volkswagen has already said it plans to invest as much as 3 billion euros in a battery factory in the town of Sagunto in the Valencia area.

From Reuters • Jun. 8, 2023

SEAT, which is part of the Volkswagen Group, plans to build the battery plant in Sagunto, a town near the eastern city of Valencia.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2022

Valencia-based General Drones started supporting Spanish lifeguard staff in 2017 in the town of Sagunto just north of Valencia.

From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2022

Matters progressed so favorably on the Arg�wan that Sagunto was pacified and Asuncion was founded farther up on the same river.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.