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Definition of Madrid

1. Noun. The capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum.

Definition of Madrid

1. Proper noun. The capital city of Spain. ¹

2. Proper noun. The Spanish province Madrid, having the above as capital ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Madrid

Literary usage of Madrid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Plaza de Oriente, the largest square in Madrid, has a handsome fountain adorned with ... El Pardo, a royal shooting box, 6 miles from Madrid has Gobelin ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"The New Madrid location of 1823, and the patent thereon of 1827, are void, ... The true owner of the New Madrid title, finding that the patent to J. Smith ..."

3. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1863)
"Castile had prevailed in this, as it had in the greater contest for giving a language to the country ; and Madrid, which had been a favorite residence of ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... Madrid, 1590, etc.; Cabrera, Felipe Segundo, 1619; James Wadsworth, Further Observation» ... published at Madrid in 1376. dren. 22. Royal oratory. 23. ..."

5. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain by William Hickling Prescott (1882)
"Madrid was ornamented with bridges, aqueducts, hospitals, the Museum, the Armory,—stately ... 6 "When Madrid is the theme, the world listens in silence! ..."

6. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"Similar picture in Madrid Museum. Engraved by J. Mansel. ... Subject treated also by Guercino, Madrid Museum and Palazzo Pitti, ..."

7. The Spanish Regime in Missouri: A Collection of Papers and Documents by Etienne Burnet, Ernest Edward Austen, Louis Houck (1909)
"In Ne« Madrid he was captain of the militia, and acted as interpreter. ... Robert McCoy, a Spanish American official and commandant of New Madrid in 1800. ..."

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