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rambla

[ rahm-bluh ]

noun

  1. a dry ravine.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rambla1

1820–30; < Spanish < Arabic ramlah

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Example Sentences

Then came a visit to the Rambla, sad and deserted under the grey sky.

The populace of Barcelona walked the Rambla under the great globes of electric light.

Yet it was on the Rambla, and the next morning we awoke to the well-known cries of Barcelona, the old familiar scene.

In the afternoons the Rambla was crowded with people, strolling to and fro under the shadow of the trees.

Such is Cipriani of that name, who has now left the Rambla and is wandering along the deserted pier.

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