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Tagus - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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proper noun river in Spain and Portugal , the longest river in Iberia .
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Etymologies
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Latin Tagus
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To prevent the junction of the Spanish and French fleets, the Tagus was the station fixed upon by Lord St
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 Various
The Tagus is a fine river, certainly, but, to my mind, the much vaunted panorama of Lisbon does not merit its reputation.
Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville Prince De Joinville 1859
Next morning broke upon a lovely view: no wonder that the Tagus is the pride of Portuguese bards.
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855
I was three hours in swimming across the Tagus , which is much more hazardous, being two hours longer than the
Life of Lord Byron With His Letters And Journals Byron, George G 1854
Evora lies about sixty miles from the farther bank of the Tagus , which is at Lisbon three leagues broad; and to Evora I determined on going with a small cargo of Testaments and Bibles.
Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society George Henry Borrow 1842
And when the King saw the letters he was well pleased, and sent others to say that the time of their meeting should be three weeks after he received these letters, and the place appointed was upon the Tagus , which is a great river.
Chronicle of the Cid Various 1808
It has been often described without being worthy of description; for, except the view from the Tagus , which is beautiful, and some fine churches and convents, it contains little but filthy streets, and more filthy inhabitants.
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
I was three hours in swimming across the Tagus , which is much more hazardous, being two hours longer than the
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
Unfain to cross the Tagus was my lord Cid that night:
The Lay of the Cid ca. 1043-1099 Cid 1071
Three fides confift of the Exchange and the public offices; the fourth is formed by the Tagus , which is here edged by an extenfive and noble wharf, built of coarfe marble.
Almada hill: an epistle from Lisbon 1781
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