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Compostela

British  
/ kɔmpɔsˈtela /

noun

  1. See Santiago de Compostela

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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

In addition to the University of Exeter, the research team included scientists from the University of Vigo and the University of Santiago de Compostela.

From Science Daily • Oct. 5, 2023

We arrived in Spain in late July and walked through a scorching August to Santiago de Compostela.

From New York Times • May 17, 2023

Never mind being able to hear the noise from one end of Glasgow to the other, you could have heard the racket from Santiago de Compostela to Seville.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2023

Who were we that would creep into Compostela de Santiago under cover of night, in an irregular conveyance piled high with trunks and boxes?

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee