Estremadura
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Hopeful peasants are forsaking such dirt-poor regions as Andalusia or Estremadura for the industrial cities, where there is scarcely enough new housing to shelter even a fraction of them.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were many motivations for these journeys: ambition, greed, national pride, religious fanaticism, prison pardons, scientific curiosity, the thirst for adventure and the unavailability of suitable employment in Estremadura.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
In Estremadura the favourite chasse au sanglier is still with horse and hound.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck
So, taking a night train, we slipped away from the turmoil to have a peaceful Easter Sunday in unspoiled Estremadura.
From Heroic Spain by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
Adventurers flocked to him in Toledo, La Mancha, and Estremadura.
From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Thomas Bulfinch
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