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from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the Cantabri, an ancient people of northern Spain, or to Cantabria, the region formerly inhabited by them.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective From, or pertaining to,
Cantabria - proper noun countable Someone from
Cantabria . - proper noun uncountable A
Romance language spoken in Cantabria. - proper noun New Zealand, countable Someone from
Canterbury
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Examples
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Its cheerleader is another kind of Cantabrian - pro-development, let's use it, what's wrong with a few roads anyway - in the driving seat.
NZ On Screen 2010
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Its cheerleader is another kind of Cantabrian - pro-development, let's use it, what's wrong with a few roads anyway - in the driving seat.
NZ On Screen 2010
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Its cheerleader is another kind of Cantabrian - pro-development, let's use it, what's wrong with a few roads anyway - in the driving seat.
NZ On Screen 2010
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One of the authors, Christopher Servheen, says the resort would further isolate the two subpopulations in the Cantabrian mountains, "making them more susceptible to the demographic and genetic consequences of small population size".
Biodiversity 100: actions for Europe Guillaume Chapron 2010
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Conservationists warn that the construction would cause irreparable damage to the habitat of the Cantabrian brown bear, which is endangered with extinction.
Biodiversity 100: actions for Europe Guillaume Chapron 2010
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Transfers could carry the race into northern Spain, with stages across Salamanca and Zamora before entering the Cantabrian mountains, with likely stops at Ancares, a new climb at La Farrapona and a return to La Angliru for the first time since 2008.
Speculation aplenty ahead of Vuelta a España presentation 2011
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The IUCN published a conservation report on bears in 1998 with a section on Cantabrian brown bears.
Biodiversity 100: actions for Europe Guillaume Chapron 2010
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From that vessel he conducted a series of commando-style raids against the French along the Cantabrian coast of northeastern Spain, on the Bay of Biscay, near Basque country.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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There are around 140 brown bears in the Cantabrian mountains, with several hundred needed for a viable population.
Biodiversity 100: actions for Europe Guillaume Chapron 2010
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Description: The regional government of Castile and León is paving the way for the development of a new ski resort with 60 pistes in a natural park in the Cantabrian mountains, by instigating major changes in regional planning.
Biodiversity 100: actions for Europe Guillaume Chapron 2010
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