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Ávila

American  
[ah-vuh-luh, ah-vee-lah] / ˈɑ və lə, ˈɑ viˌlɑ /

noun

  1. a city in central Spain, a religious and academic center.


Ávila British  
/ ˈaβila /

noun

  1. a city in central Spain: 11th-century granite walls and Romanesque cathedral. Pop: 52 078 (2003 est)

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Abu Keshek is a Spanish national of Palestinian origin, while Ávila is Brazilian.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Shortly after I filed my request form, Grace Ávila, the order’s assistant archivist, reached me with the news that Sister Albertine had died at 88 in 1999.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Ms. Ávila shared an obituary that helped me better know my first teacher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

“Abigail’s life will be honored, and her death will not go unpunished,” Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda said in Spanish in a statement on social media earlier this month.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

Pedrarias de Ávila, governor of Castilla del Oro, 29-31; expeditions, 29, 31-32; governor of Nicaragua, 31.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

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