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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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On Saturday desperation turned to protest in the central province of Ciego de Ávila.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Most weekends, he would walk from his apartment building in the north of Caracas to the forested mountains of El Ávila National Park, which towers over the capital.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Neither the government nor the security forces have so far commented on why Mr Ávila was taken or where he is being held.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024

“We Baja Californians are honest, hardworking people,” Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila said Thursday.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2024

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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