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Orense

American  
[aw-ren-se] / ɔˈrɛn sɛ /

noun

  1. a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.


Orense British  
/ oˈrense /

noun

  1. Galician name: Ourense.  a city in NW Spain, in Galicia on the Miño River: warm springs. Pop: 109 475 (2003 est)

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Prosecutors have said Orense worked closely with a former chief of Venezuela's military intelligence agency who was indicted alongside Maduro and extradited to the United States from Spain earlier this year.

From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2023

Just after World War II, he got a job paving five miles of dirt road in his home village of Orense.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soult paused two days at Monterey, the baggage and hospital train, and a great convoy of provisions being brought up from Orense, under the guard of a whole division.

From With Moore at Corunna by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

He had left Orense seventy-six days before with 22,000 men, and had lately been joined by 3,500 from Tuy.

From With Moore at Corunna by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

In 1833 Galicia was divided for administrative purposes into the provinces of Corunna, Lugo, Orense and Pontevedra.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various