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Duero

American  
[dwe-raw] / ˈdwɛ rɔ /

noun

  1. Spanish name of Douro.


Duero British  
/ ˈduero /

noun

  1. the Spanish name for the Douro

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Cepa 21 is located in Castrillo de Duero, a small village in north-western Spain.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2024

Alejandro Fernandez was a winemaking pioneer who established the reputation of the Ribera del Duero region for fine tempranillo-based wines with his Pesquera and Condado de Haza labels.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2021

The Yecla de Yeltes is on the Huebra River, a 122-kilometre-long tributary of the Duero, which is one of the Iberian Peninsula’s main rivers.

From Nature • May 15, 2018

In Ribera del Duero, of course, they'd be drinking it with the baby lamb roasted in a wood oven.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2015

Oh, Garda! trust a servant—" "Why, Pablo would let himself be torn to pieces before he would betray a Duero; I verily believe he thinks he's a Duero himself—a Duero a little sunburnt!

From East Angels by Woolson, Constance Fenimore