Barcelona
[,ba:si'ləunə]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
Checker: Selma--From WordNet
Examples
- A few in Barcelona, yes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Passing from the slumber of the middle ages, we are assured by some Spanish historians that one Blasco de Garay, in 1543, propelled a ship having paddle wheels by steam at Barcelona. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Valencia makes you sick and Barcelona makes you laugh. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You should see Barcelona. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- 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. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Edited by Gillian