Tarragona

[ tahr-uh-goh-nuh, tar-uh-; Spanish tah-rah-gaw-nai ]

/ ˌtɑr əˈgoʊ nə, ˌtær ə-; Spanish ˌtɑ rɑˈgɔ nɛə /

noun

a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.

Example sentences from the Web for tarragona

If we do not get to Tarragona by four o'clock this afternoon, I will have you hung from the yardarm.

The White Plumes of Navarre |Samuel Rutherford Crockett
That must be Tarragona; it is on a hill eight hundred feet high.

Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal |Oliver Optic
There was a coil of rope on the quay at Tarragona; it made a fine bed.

The Summons |A.E.W. Mason
At last, he made one which is called "From Tarragona to Montblanch."

Dona Perfecta |B. Perez Galdos

The Archbishop of Tarragona did the same, but they both incurred the royal displeasure.

The Jesuits, 1534-1921 |Thomas J. Campbell

British Dictionary definitions for tarragona

Tarragona

/ (Spanish tarraˈɣona) /

noun

a port in NE Spain, on the Mediterranean: one of the richest seaports of the Roman Empire; destroyed by the Moors (714). Pop: 121 076 (2003 est) Latin name: Tarraco (təˈrɑːkəʊ)

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