Asturias

[ a-stoor-ee-uhs, a-styoor-; Spanish ahs-too-ryahs ]

noun

1. Mi·guel Án·gel [mee-, gel, , ahng, -hel], 1899–1974, Guatemalan novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1967.
2. a former kingdom and province in NW Spain.

Asturias

¹

/ æˈstʊərɪˌæs /

noun

1. a region and former kingdom of NW Spain, consisting of a coastal plain and the Cantabrian Mountains: a Christian stronghold against the Moors (8th to 13th centuries); rich mineral resources

Asturias

²

/ æˈstʊərɪˌæs /

noun

1. AsturiasMiguel Ángel18991974MGuatemalanWRITING: novelistWRITING: poet Miguel Ángel. 1899–1974, Guatemalan novelist and poet. His novels include El Señor Presidente (1946). Nobel prize for literature 1967

Example Sentences

In Asturias, more cider is consumed per capita than anywhere else in the world.

From The Daily Beast

In Asturias, the cider apples are more bitter and tannic than in other regions.

From The Daily Beast

That happiness now requires my renunciation in behalf of my very dear eldest son, Charles Louis, prince of the Asturias.

From Project Gutenberg

Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, and heir apparent to the throne, was a young widower of good impulses but feeble character.

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The people adored the Prince of Asturias, and without difficulty he quieted the rioters and offered life to his enemy.

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The sheep and horses of Btica rivalled in renown those of the Asturias.

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To the north, the limitation could not be made any more distinct, the Asturias not being thoroughly conquered.

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