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Finisterre

[ fin-uh-stair; Spanish fee-nees-ter-re ]
/ ˌfɪn əˈstɛər; Spanish ˌfi nisˈtɛr rɛ /
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noun
Cape, a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of Spain.
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Finisterre
/ (ˌfɪnɪˈstɛə) /

noun
Cape Finisterre a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of the Spanish mainland
an English name for Finistère
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