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Avilés

 
Dictionary: A·vi·lés   (ä'və-lās', ä'vē-lĕs') pronunciation


A town of northwest Spain on an inlet of the Bay of Biscay. It is a port and an industrial center. Population: 83,300.

 

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Avilés (ävēlās'), town (1990 pop. 88,429), Oviedo prov., NW Spain, in Asturias, on the Bay of Biscay. Coal is exported. There are iron, steel, and aluminum plants and a large glass factory.


 
 

 

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