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Pontevedra

British  
/ pɔnteˈβeðra /

noun

  1. a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)

"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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In the study, commercially reared bumblebee colonies were placed at 12 locations across the province of Pontevedra, Spain, with varying local Asian hornet densities.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2023

Many triathletes competed in the world championships in Pontevedra, Spain, on Sept. 22-24 and then rushed to China.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 2023

The Spanish government's representative in the province of Pontevedra, Jose Minones, told reporters that no drugs were found inside the submarine following a preliminary inspection.

From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2023

"We have been informed that... bodies have been found," Maica Larriba, a central government representative in Pontevedra, Galicia, told Spanish public radio.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2022

He is a very zealous and exceeding intelligent person, and I have no doubt will prove a highly useful agent in Pontevedra and its beautiful neighbourhood, which is the garden of Galicia. 

From Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society by Thomas Herbert Darlow

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