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El Ferrol

American  
[el fer-rawl] / ɛl fɛrˈrɔl /

noun

  1. a seaport in northwestern Spain: naval arsenal and dockyard.


El Ferrol British  
/ ɛl fɛˈrrɔl /

noun

  1. 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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Along the way, it will make stops to drop off marines at the El Ferrol naval base in Spain and at Plymouth in England.

From New York Times

The train, which belongs to the state-owned Renfe company, was headed to El Ferrol from Madrid.

From New York Times

Spanish state television showed images of the accident on high-speed tracks near the train station in Santiago de Compostela, 60 miles south of El Ferrol.

From The Wall Street Journal

The train was headed to El Ferrol from Madrid on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nothing can more strikingly give the lie to the conventional taunt that Spain has made no progress in recent years than the condition of the modern town of el Ferrol compared with the description in the text. 

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