Douro
Proper noun
Meaning
Douro
A river in northern Spain and Portugal.
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Examples
Happily, recent years have seen a bit of a golden age in the fortified wine’s home region, the swooping terraces along Portugal’s Douro Valley.
Find yourself in the Douro region in the north, full of lush eucalyptus fields and vineyards, the vibrant city of Porto, or the Algarve down south, with white sand, turquoise water, flowing sangria, and unparalleled seafood.
Annual average rainfall in the mainland varies from just over convert in the northern mountains to less than convert in the area of the Massueime River, near Côa, along the Douro river.
He mentions a group who had once been called "Lusitanians" living north of the Douro river but were called in his day "Callacans".
In 1875, Eiffel et Cie were given two important contracts, one for a new terminus for the line from Vienna to Budapest and the other for a bridge over the river Douro in Portugal.
Its northern border was along the Douro river, while on its eastern side its border passed through Salmantica ( Salamanca )and Caesarobriga ( Talavera de la Reina ) to the Anas ( Guadiana ) river.