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Vuelta Abajo

American  
[vwel-tuh uh-bah-hoh, vwel-tah ah-bah-haw] / ˈvwɛl tə əˈbɑ hoʊ, ˈvwɛl tɑ ɑˈβɑ hɔ /

noun

  1. a region in western Cuba.


Vuelta Abajo British  
/ ˈbwelta aˈβaxo /

noun

  1. a region of W Cuba: famous for its tobacco

"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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"Agriculture is not spared by the current oil situation, which is very serious," Hector Luis Prieto, a producer from the western Vuelta Abajo region, told AFP.

From Barron's Feb. 17, 2026

Cindy Blackman, Santana's second wife, joined on drums in a powerful rendition of "Vuelta Abajo," a tribute to the late American jazz drummer Williams who played with Miles Davis and McLaughlin.

From Reuters Jul. 2, 2011

It owes its past and its present importance to its location as a centre of the tobacco region of the Vuelta Abajo.

From Cuba, Old and New by Robinson, Albert G. (Albert Gardner)

I have just rolled down Wellington Street from the Strand, smoking a ninepence Vuelta Abajo, humming an ancient air.

From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.

I made an excursion from Havana to San Antonio de los Baños, a pleasant little town at nine leagues distance, in a southeast direction from the capital, in what is called the Vuelta Abajo.

From Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America by Bryant, William Cullen

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