Gijón

[ gee-hawn; Spanish hee-hawn ]

noun

1. a seaport in NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.

Gijón

/ ɡiːˈhɔːn; xiˈxɔn /

noun

1. a port in NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay: capital of the kingdom of Asturias until 791. Pop: 270 875 (2003 est) Asturian nameXixón Ancient nameGigia

Example Sentences

Jovellanos returned to Gijon where he lived in dignified retirement for two years and a half.

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But one of the throng that had pressed into the shop informed me that they were strangers, and had been but a few days in Gijon.

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She told me that they had been in Gijon only nine days, having come to visit a nun who was her mother's sister.

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The idea that she might think that I sought payment in annoying gallantry for my service at Gijon was abhorrent.

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Godoy returned to power in 1798; Jovellanos was again sent to Gijon, but in 1801 was thrown into prison in Majorca.

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