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Oviedo

[ aw-vye-thaw ]

noun

  1. a city in NW Spain.


Oviedo

/ oˈβjeðo /

noun

  1. a city in NW Spain: capital of Asturias from 810 until 1002; centre of a coal- and iron-mining area. Pop: 207 699 (2003 est)


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State Rep. Sandy Adams (Oviedo, FL)—running for U.S. Congress, FL-24; primary Aug. 24.

He continued his studies at Oviedo, and then went to Madrid, with the object of graduating as a lawyer.

In coming to Oviedo, we encounter a chronicler who, as a writer, possesses an art far from skillful.

Oviedo describes him in 1535 as a person of "much nobility of character, of an affable turn and of a sweet conversation."

The patriarchate subsequently passed to Oviedo, who was the only one to reach the country.

Oviedo fled from some danger, and he was never heard of afterward; Vaca faced it, and lived.

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