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Angostura

/ aŋɡɔsˈtura /

noun

  1. the former name (1764–1846) for Ciudad Bolívar


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Finish with Angostura bitters and garnish with a lemon wheel.

Bolivar, leaving the army in command of General Paez, repaired to Angostura.

Here the squadron anchored near the first narrow or angostura, as the Spaniards called it.

At Angostura, and at the Cerro Gordo, he exhibited courage and an indefatigable spirit.

All sorts of bottles were called into requisition, besides the sherry and the angostura, an old sweet Yquem.

Nothing like Angostura—with a little drop of gin in it; gives tone to the system.

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