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Ibarruri

British  
/ iˈβarruri /

noun

  1. Dolores (doˈlores). real name of (La) Pasionaria

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Dolores Ibarruri, 68, the firebrand who was known as La Pasionaria in the Spanish Civil War, now looks like someone's kind old grandmother.

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Dolores Ibarruri, called "La Pasionaria," born the daughter of a coalminer, worked as a washerwoman.

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At exactly 7:54 p.m. last Friday, Dolores Ibarruri, 81, La Pasionaria* of Spanish Civil War fame and president of the Spanish Communist Party, set foot on Spanish soil for the first time in 38 years.

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The eulogists included "La Pasionaria" of the Spanish Civil War�Dolores Ibarruri, who recalled how Foster had helped recruit the American Abraham Lincoln Brigade for the Republican army.

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The secrecy and subterfuge were part of a deal between the Spanish Communists and the government, which, in return for issuing Ibarruri her passport, insisted on discretion to avoid violent reactions from Spanish rightists.

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