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Va⋅len⋅ci⋅a

[vuh-len-shee-uh, -shuh, -see-uh; Sp. bah-len-syah or, for 2, 3, -thyah]
–noun
1. Guil⋅ler⋅mo Le⋅ón [gee-yer-maw le-awn] , 1909–71, Colombian diplomat and statesman: president 1962–66.
2. a province in E Spain: the region was formerly a Moorish kingdom. 1,767,327; 9085 sq. mi. (23,530 sq. km).
3. a seaport in E Spain. 700,000.
4. a city in N Venezuela. 463,418.
5. a variety of the sweet orange, Citrus sinensis, originally from the Mediterranean area and cultivated extensively in Florida and California.
6. Also, Va⋅len⋅ti⋅a [vuh-len-shee-uh, -shuh] . a female given name.
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Valencia

City in eastern Spain on the Mediterranean Sea.

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