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estremaduran

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Es·tre·ma·du·ra   (ěs'trə-mə-dōōr'ə, ěs'trä-mä-thōō'rä)   

  1. A historical region and former province of western Portugal surrounding Lisbon.

  2. A historical region of west-central Spain bordering on Portugal. Reconquered from the Moors in the 12th and 13th centuries, it was frequently a battlefield in the Spanish territorial wars with Portugal and in the Peninsular War fought between France and Great Britain (1808-1814).

Es'tre·ma·du'ran adj. & n.
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