El Ferrol

[el fer-rawl]

noun

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

El Ferrol

/ 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)

Example Sentences

Greenpeace members, pretending to be drunk, smuggled a 120-pound replacement bearing onto the ship by disguising it as a load of beer, then sailed the boat out of the Spanish base at El Ferrol under cover of darkness.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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