Pinar del Río

[pee-nahr thel ree-aw]

noun

1. a city in W Cuba.

Pinar del Río

/ piˈnar ðɛl ˈrrio /

noun

1. a city in W Cuba: tobacco industry. Pop: 158 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Going up in the western Cuban province of Pinar del Rio, where poverty was widespread, he played with bats his father Liban, a carpenter, fashioned from scrap lumber.

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All of the residents say the building once belonged to the Marquise of Pinar del Río, a title granted by the Spanish crown when the island was part of its domains.

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Idalia pummeled Cuba with heavy rains on Monday and Tuesday, leaving the tobacco-growing province of Pinar del Rio underwater and many of its residents without power.

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Meanwhile, Idalia thrashed Cuba with heavy rain, especially in the westernmost part of the island, where the tobacco-producing province of Pinar del Rio is still recovering from Ian.

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In Pinar del Rio, an area known for producing the tobacco used to make some of the world's finest cigars, 60% of the province was without power.

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