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Sagunto

American  
[suh-goon-toh, sah-goon-taw] / səˈgun toʊ, sɑˈgun tɔ /

noun

  1. a city in E Spain, N of Valencia: besieged by Hannibal 219–218 b.c.


Sagunto British  
/ saˈɣunto /

noun

  1. Ancient name: Saguntum.  an industrial town in E Spain, near Valencia: allied to Rome and made a heroic resistance to the Carthaginian attack led by Hannibal (219–218 bc ). Pop: 58 287 (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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As you walk past the shops on Sagunto Street, you’d be forgiven for thinking you hear your spurs jangling.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2024

German car maker Volkswagen has already said it plans to invest as much as 3 billion euros in a battery factory in the town of Sagunto in the Valencia area.

From Reuters • Jun. 8, 2023

SEAT, which is part of the Volkswagen Group, plans to build the battery plant in Sagunto, a town near the eastern city of Valencia.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2022

Valencia-based General Drones started supporting Spanish lifeguard staff in 2017 in the town of Sagunto just north of Valencia.

From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2022

October 25th-26th.—Battle of Murviedro and capture of Sagunto: Blake and O'Donnell heavily defeated by Suchet.

From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Hall, Henry Foljambe

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