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Extremadura

British

/ estremaˈðura /

noun

a region of W Spain: arid and sparsely populated except in the valleys of the Tagus and Guardiana rivers. Area: 41 593 sq km (16 059 sq miles)

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As the smooth highway north of Seville stretched into the vastness of pastoral Extremadura, the chances of finding a lynx, which remains rarer than the snow leopard or the Bengal tiger, felt impossibly small.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Archaeologists have uncovered six previously unknown Bronze Age mining sites in Extremadura in southwestern Spain.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

They won just 18 seats in the 65-seat assembly down from 28, their worst-ever regional result in Extremadura.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

The western Spanish region of Extremadura, which also has substantial marshlands, has seen 17 cases.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2024

Born in about 1500 in the Spanish town of Extremadura, Carvajal joined the Dominican order and went to South America to convert the Inka.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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