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Fin⋅is⋅terre

[fin-uh-stair; Sp. fee-nees-ter-re]
–noun
Cape, a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of Spain.
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Fin·is·terre   (fĭn'ĭ-stâr', fē'nē-stěr'rě)   
A rocky promontory of extreme northwest Spain on the Atlantic Ocean. Off the cape the British won two naval victories over the French (1747 and 1805).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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