Holguín

[ awl-geen ]

/ ɔlˈgin /

a city in NE Cuba.

Example sentences from the Web for holguin

It is rumored that Garcia has already sent an expedition against Holguin.

The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 47, September 30, 1897 |Various
By the authority of this commission, he was received in the camp of Holguin and Alvarado as governor.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. IV. |Robert Kerr
About seventy-five miles east of Nuevitas is Gibara, merely a shipping port for the inland city of Holguin.

Cuba, Old and New |Albert Gardner Robinson
On April 24 they put themselves at the head of a band of twenty men and, at Puernio, near Holguin, they proclaimed a revolution.

The History of Cuba, vol. 4 |Willis Fletcher Johnson

Holguin is perhaps two hundred years old, quite pleasantly situated, but affording no special points of interest for the tourist.

Cuba, Old and New |Albert Gardner Robinson

Holguín

/ (Spanish ɔlˈɣin) /

a city in NE Cuba, in Holguín province: trading centre. Pop: 278 000 (2005 est)