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Alicante

[al-uh-kan-tee, ah-lee-kahn-te]

noun

  1. a seaport in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean.



Alicante

/ ˌælɪˈkæntɪ /

noun

  1. Catalan name: Alacanta port in SE Spain: commercial centre. Pop: 305 911 (2003 est)

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Born in Alicante, one of 10 children, he worked summers picking melons and watermelons to be able to afford a bicycle.

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By the age of 28, injuries ended a modest playing career in the Spanish lower divisions and coaching beckoned, firstly with youth teams and then with a number of lower-league clubs across the Valencian region, starting with Alicante in 1994.

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The victim, a Russian helicopter pilot, was shot dead near Alicante, months after defecting to Ukraine.

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After winning one and losing one of her BJK Cup singles matches last week on indoor clay in the Netherlands, Boulter went to Alicante - where her fiancé Alex de Minaur has long been based - for a training week.

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They will later be relocated to a rescue centre near Alicante.

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