Asturias

Asturias [a-stoo r-ee-uh s, a-styoo r-; Spanish ahs-too-ryahs] Examples noun

1. Mi·guel Án·gel [mee-gel ahng-hel] /miˈgɛl ˈɑŋ hɛl/, 1899–1974, Guatemalan novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1967.
2. a former kingdom and province in NW Spain.

Examples from the Web for asturias Contemporary Examples of asturias

In Asturias, more cider is consumed per capita than anywhere else in the world.

What the Pilgrims Drank on Thanksgiving

Jordan Salcito

November 28, 2013

In Asturias, the cider apples are more bitter and tannic than in other regions.

What the Pilgrims Drank on Thanksgiving

Jordan Salcito

November 28, 2013

Historical Examples of asturias

There is a bear in the Pyrenees, and other mountains of Spain—in the Asturias especially.

Bruin

Mayne Reid

This ballad is very common in Catalonia, and has been found in Asturias.

The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Volume I of 5)

Various

Have you ever crossed the Santillanos, or visited the Asturias?

The Spanish Brothers

Deborah Alcock

It spans the frontier of Leon and Asturias, the boundary of the realms of cloud and sun.

Northern Spain

Edgar T. A. Wigram

In silence, the nobles of Castile, of Biscay and the Asturias took their places.

The Lily and the Totem

William Gilmore Simms

British Dictionary definitions for asturias Asturias 1 noun

1. a region and former kingdom of NW Spain, consisting of a coastal plain and the Cantabrian Mountains: a Christian stronghold against the Moors (8th to 13th centuries); rich mineral resources

Asturias 2 noun

1. Miguel Ángel. 1899–1974, Guatemalan novelist and poet. His novels include El Señor Presidente (1946). Nobel prize for literature 1967