Tarragona

American  

[tahr-uh-goh-nuh, tar-uh-, tah-rah-gaw-nai] / ˌtɑr əˈgoʊ nə, ˌtær ə-, ˌtɑ rɑˈgɔ nɛə /

noun

1. a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.

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Tarragona British  

/ tarraˈɣona /

noun

1. Latin name: Tarraco.  a port in NE Spain, on the Mediterranean: one of the richest seaports of the Roman Empire; destroyed by the Moors (714). Pop: 121 076 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

For instance, the increase in temperatures prevented bats from hibernating in the provinces of Tarragona.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

Much of the rainfall, brought by Storm Dana, has been concentrated in Cádiz, Tarragona and Castelló - coastal regions across the country.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2023

Fashion designer Ksenia Karpenko has kept her business afloat from her current home in Tarragona on the Mediterranean coast in Spain, where she was on vacation when the war broke out.

From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2023

Hailing from Tarragona, a Catalonian city just south of Barcelona on Spain's northeastern coast, romesco traditionally comprises almonds or hazelnuts, tomatoes, dried peppers, garlic and bread blitzed to a paste with olive oil and vinegar.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2022

Then the following day we took the train south of Tarragona, to the "Little Rome" that is the reputed birthplace of Pontius Pilate, of which Martial sang, and where Augustus C�sar wintered.

From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle