El Ferrol

American

[el fer-rawl] / ɛl fɛrˈrɔl /

noun

a seaport in northwestern Spain: naval arsenal and dockyard.

El Ferrol British

/ ɛl fɛˈrrɔl /

noun

Former name: El Ferrol del Caudillo. a port in NW Spain, on the Atlantic: fortified naval base, with a deep natural harbour. Pop: 78 764 (2003 est)

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The government finally moved him last week to El Ferrol in the distant northwestern region of Galicia, but the streams of admiring callers continued.

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All was shipshape as the Cervantes steamed proudly into El Ferrol to receive a 21-gun salute from other Spanish vessels and the visiting U.S. warships.

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Born in 1892 at El Ferrol, in Galicia, the son of a naval officer, Francisco Franco was given routine military education.

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Born in El Ferrol, Spain's great naval base, in 1892, Franco was the son of a naval officer, destined for a naval career.

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