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Bar·ce·lo·na

(bär′sə-lō′nə)

A city of northeast Spain on the Mediterranean Sea. Founded by the Carthaginians, it prospered under the Romans and Visigoths, fell to the Moors c. 713, and was taken by Charlemagne's Frankish troops in 801. It has long been a center of Catalan separatism and radical political movements.

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Barcelona

(ˌbɑːsɪˈləʊnə)

(Placename) the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est). Ancient name: Barcino

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Bar•ce•lo•na

(ˌbær səˈloʊ nə)

n.

a seaport in NE Spain, on the Mediterranean. 2,000,000.

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Barcelona - a city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean; 2nd largest Spanish city and the largest port and commercial center; has been a center for radical political beliefs

Espana, Kingdom of Spain, Spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power

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Барселона

Barselona

[ˌbɑːsəˈləʊnə] N → Barcelona f

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Barcelona

[ˌbɑː^rsɪˈləʊnə] n → Barcelonebar chart n → diagramme m en bâtonsbar code n → code m à barres

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Barcelona

[bɑːsɪˈləʊnə] n → Barcellona

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He developed a talent for telling them home truths, which made them bear with fortitude his declaration that he had done with that city and was settling in Gerona, a little town in the north of Spain which had attracted him when he saw it from the train on his way to Barcelona. He was living there now alone.

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"It was without any foundation that Le Messager yesterday announced the flight of Don Carlos and the revolt of Barcelona. The king (Don Carlos) has not left Bourges, and the peninsula is in the enjoyment of profound peace.

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Coming up from the South to end it with the important and really dangerous part of the scheme in hand, we found it necessary to look into Barcelona for certain definite information.

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Only ask Portugal, Barcelona, and Valencia, where they have been printed, and moreover there is a report that it is being printed at Antwerp, and I am persuaded there will not be a country or language in which there will not be a translation of it."

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[1] Late in July, 1916, an item in the shipping news mentioned a Swedish sailing vessel, Balmen, Rio de Janiero to Barcelona, sunk by a German raider sometime in June.

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So did a heap of nuts, long, long exiled from Barcelona, and yet speaking English so indifferently as to call fourteen of themselves a pint.

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She would say in Copenhagen, or in Barcelona; having, while making the tour of Europe, spent a couple of days at each of these places.

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ENPNewswire-August 27, 2019--FC Barcelona global alliance.

FC Barcelona global alliance

Summary: Barcelona [Spain], Jun 26 (ANI): Spanish football club Barcelona FC and English football club Everton FC on Wednesday reached an agreement over the transfer of Portuguese player Andre Gomes.

Barcelona and Everton reach an agreement over the transfer of Andre Gomes

Spanish giants Barcelona have said their final goodbyes to Ghanaian forward Kevin Prince Boateng as he leaves for Sassuolo in the summer.

Kevin Boateng returns to Sassuolo after short Barca stint

Lionel Messi conjured the perfect finish to a dominant title march by Barcelona on Saturday, when he came off the bench and scored the goal that clinched the Spanish league crown.