Sagunto

[ suh-goon-toh; Spanish sah-goon-taw ]

/ səˈgun toʊ; Spanish sɑˈgun tɔ /

noun

a city in E Spain, N of Valencia: besieged by Hannibal 219–218 b.c.

Ancient Sa·gun·tum

[suh-guhn-tuh m] /səˈgʌn təm/.

Example sentences from the Web for sagunto

When he first became acquainted with his wife, he was a millhand in the neighbourhood of Sagunto.

The Cabin |Vicente Blasco Ibez
This town is no longer in existence, but a small rancheria called Tilyrpan was founded in 1906 nearer to Sagunto.

The Manbos of Mindano |John M. Garvan
And there was the castle of Sagunto, its wavy ramparts curling up and down along the summit of the ridge of caramel brown.

Mayflower (Flor de mayo) |Vicente Blasco Ibez
When this ship crashed and filled and went down, the Sagunto was lying, after a terrible buffeting, within a safe harbor.

Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast |Samuel Adams Drake

The dry fields off there near Sagunto reminded him of an inferno of drought, from which he fortunately had liberated himself.

The Cabin |Vicente Blasco Ibez

British Dictionary definitions for sagunto

Sagunto

/ (Spanish saˈɣunto) /

noun

an industrial town in E Spain, near Valencia: allied to Rome and made a heroic resistance to the Carthaginian attack led by Hannibal (219–218 bc). Pop: 58 287 (2003 est) Ancient name: Saguntum (səˈɡuːntəm)

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Sagunto

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