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Definition of Tagus

1. Noun. A European river; flows into the North Atlantic.

Definition of Tagus

1. Proper noun. A river in Spain and Portugal, the longest river in Iberia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tagus

Literary usage of Tagus

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

1. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1862)
"... of the valley of the tagus—Inertness of Marshal Victor—Albuquerque and ... Rodrigo—Marches suddenly towards the tagus, and forces the bridge of ..."

2. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... pertinacity—He collects boats on the tagus, and establishes a depot at SID- tarem—Sends General Foy to Paris—Casts a bridge over the ..."

3. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1839)
"... and Soult advance from Valencia to the tagus —General Hill takes a position of battle —The French pass the tagus—Skirmish at the Puente Larga—Hill blows ..."

4. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1839)
"... and Soull id vanee from Valencia lo the tagus—General Hill takes a position of ... and the more so that, until the French army could cross the tagus and ..."

5. Toledo: The Story of an Old Spanish Capital by Hannah Lynch (1898)
"Even this is no supposition to be scorned, and adds to the romantic interest of the deserted tagus. Garcilaso de la Vega has chanted the golden charms of ..."

6. Toledo: The Story of an Old Spanish Capital by Hannah Lynch (1898)
"Garcilaso de la Vega has chanted the golden charms of the tagus, and Cervantes writes of " the delicate MILL ON THE tagus works wrought by the four nymphs ..."

7. The Life of Wellington: The Restoration of the Martial Power of Great Britain by Herbert Maxwell (1899)
"The presence of the British force on the tagus, though it was a mere handful compared to the French armies in Spain, had an important influence on the ..."

8. The Bible in Spain: Or, The Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an by George Henry Borrow (1845)
"Boatmen of the tagus—Dangers of the Stream—Aldea Gallega—The Hostelry—Robbers—Sabo- cha—Adventure of a Muleteer—Estalagem de ..."

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