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Guadiana

American  
[gwah-thyah-nah, gwuh-dyah-nuh] / gwɑˈðjɑ nɑ, gwəˈdjɑ nə /

noun

  1. a river in SW Europe, flowing S from central Spain through SE Portugal to the Gulf of Cádiz. 515 miles (830 km) long.


Guadiana British  
/ ɡwaˈðjana, ɡwəˈðjənə /

noun

  1. a river in SW Europe, rising in S central Spain and flowing west, then south as part of the border between Spain and Portugal, to the Gulf of Cádiz. Length: 578 km (359 miles)

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Bridgeland attorney Ernest Guadiana said his client’s use of the property is valid because its lease is with the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2025

Within days of his release from the centre he began heading back to Doñana, swimming across the Guadiana river to reach Spain.

From BBC Jan. 5, 2025

Many other rivers in Spain contain the same Arabic root word for valley or riverbed, like the Guadalmedina and the Guadiana.

From New York Times Aug. 30, 2022

Neither Guadiana or Scherer have commented publicly on the papers.

From Reuters Oct. 4, 2021

It is now known that the Guadiana Alto has no such course, but flows underground to the Zancara itself, which is the true “Upper Guadiana.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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