Badajoz

[ bah-th ah-hawth ]

/ ˌbɑ ðɑˈhɔθ /

a city in SW Spain.

Example sentences from the Web for badajoz

The way (p. 078) was thus paved for one of the worst engagements in the whole Peninsular war; I mean the storming of Badajoz.

The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence |William Lawrence
Was Badajoz to see the end of a promising career, and put a stop to his quest?

With Wellington in Spain |F. S. Brereton
Learning that curiosity alone had brought them to Badajoz, he at once took the post of guide.

The Actress in High Life |Sue Petigru Bowen
Fair quantities of grain and olives are raised, but as a stock-breeding province Cceres ranks second only to Badajoz.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 |Various

This extraordinary cavalry petrified Clinton, who had seen Talavera and Badajoz.

Les Misrables |Victor Hugo

Badajoz

/ (ˈbædəˌhɒz, Spanish baˈðaxoθ) /

a city in SW Spain: strategically positioned near the frontier with Portugal. Pop: 138 415 (2003 est)