Duero

[ dwe-raw ]

/ ˈdwɛ rɔ /

noun

Spanish name of Douro.

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Examples from the Web for duero

This circumstance soon came to the ears of father Olmedo and Duero, who immediately apprized Cortes of it.
The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2)|Bernal Diaz del Castillo
"I am one who laments, without extenuating, the folly of the general," said the voice of Duero.
Calavar|Robert Montgomery Bird
He also married a Duero, a cousin named Ines; my husband, the third Edgar, was their child.
East Angels|Constance Fenimore Woolson
Pablo recognized Garda as a Duero; he treated her therefore with respect, and benignant affection.
East Angels|Constance Fenimore Woolson

Here we found the French in some force, their main body having retired across the Duero to Tordesillas.
Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade|William Surtees

British Dictionary definitions for duero

Duero

/ (ˈduero) /

noun

the Spanish name for the Douro

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