Asturias

American  

[a-stoor-ee-uhs, a-styoor-, ahs-too-ryahs] / æˈstʊər i əs, æˈstjʊər-, ɑsˈtu rjɑs /

noun

1. Miguel Ángel 1899–1974, Guatemalan novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1967.

2. a former kingdom and province in NW Spain.

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Asturias ¹ British  

/ 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

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Asturias ² British  

/ æˈstʊərɪˌæs /

noun

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

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Asturias

House prices in northern Spanish provinces such as Cantabria and Asturias have risen 17.2% and 14.1%, respectively, year-over-year in August, according to data from Idealista, a Spanish real-estate website.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

The jury of the Princess of Asturias Award for Concord said Koch's career was an inspiration for future generations, particularly women.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

Take Cabrales, a blue cheese crafted by rural dairy farmers in Asturias, Spain, which captures the verdant essence of grazing cows thriving in lush pastures.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2024

Her royal duties then came to the fore as she presided over her own Princess of Asturias awards on 20 October.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2023

The limited intelligence of the Franciscan mistook Austria for Asturias, and made of the Austrian Empire a Spanish province!

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Karl Ritter von Scherzer