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Compostela

British  
/ kɔmpɔsˈtela /

noun

  1. See Santiago de Compostela

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A derailment near Santiago de Compostela in 2013 that killed 80 people was not part of the AVE network, although that train was travelling at high speed.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

The crash late on Sunday is Spain's deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of track outside the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

And it’s nothing new — think the Christian pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela, Jerusalem and Rome of the Middle Ages, for starters.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

Scientists led by Edgard Camarós, a paleopathologist at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain were studying an approximately 4,600-year-old Egyptian skull when they found signs of brain cancer and its treatment.

From New York Times • May 29, 2024

In leisurely fashion he strolled through southern Spain and Portugal, presently reaching Santiago de Compostela.

From The Whirligig of Time by Williams, Wayland Wells