Definitions
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- adjective Of, from, or pertaining to
Aragon , the Aragonese people or the Aragonese language. - noun A person from
Aragon . - proper noun The
language ofAragon , nowadays only spoken as a mother tongue by a few thousand people in some valleys of thePyrenees . - proper noun The Spanish language spoken in Aragon when influenced by Aragonese traits.
Etymologies
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Examples
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'' 'Aragonese' '' (in its own language: '' aragonés '' or sometimes '' fabla '') is a [[Romance language]] spoken in northern [[Aragon]], on the southern central slopes of the [[Pyrenees]].
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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The real Castle of Otranto, built by the Aragonese who eventually repelled the Turks, is a photogenic, perfectly preserved, white fortress, with turrets and gunwales and surrounded by a waterless moat and accessible only by drawbridge.
Nina Burleigh: Remembering Too Well Nina Burleigh 2011
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That, we learnt, was because Contessa is part of the island's Albanian community, founded in the 15th century by mercenaries fighting for the island's Aragonese Spanish rulers.
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In 1972 he helped to found a fortnightly political-literary magazine, Andalán, which had a considerable impact on the revival of Aragonese leftwing politics.
José Antonio Labordeta obituary Michael Eaude 2010
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(My friends in Aragon will be disappointed to note that Aragonese parties are not included).
EU Profiler 2009
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She ignores the messianic traditions and longstanding Jerusalem obsessions of the Aragonese court—which would provide her with a better explanation than her own for Columbus's references to Jerusalem.
Faulty Navigators Felipe Fernández-Armesto 2011
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The Aragonese club were closing on only a third win of the campaign after Maurizio Lanzaro put them ahead shortly before halftime but Getafe snatched an equaliser 11 minutes from time when Javier Paredes diverted the ball into his own net.
Real Madrid open up eight point gap over Barcelona in La Liga 2012
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The real Castle of Otranto, built by the Aragonese who eventually repelled the Turks, is a photogenic, perfectly preserved, white fortress, with turrets and gunwales and surrounded by a waterless moat and accessible only by drawbridge.
Nina Burleigh: Remembering Too Well Nina Burleigh 2011
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Our Lady of the Fair Winds became famous; Sardinia belonged to Aragon, and the saint was popular with Aragonese sailors like Mendoza.
Weatherwatch: Beunos Aires the only capital to be named after the weather 2011
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The real Castle of Otranto, built by the Aragonese who eventually repelled the Turks, is a photogenic, perfectly preserved, white fortress, with turrets and gunwales and surrounded by a waterless moat and accessible only by drawbridge.
Nina Burleigh: Remembering Too Well Nina Burleigh 2011
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