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name
A town in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A habitational surname from Spanish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A streamlined towed body used in minesweeping to keep the towed sweep at a determined depth and position relative to the sweeping ship.
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History
Borrowed from Spanish Oropesa. The surname is predominantly found in Cuba and in the Philippines.
After the ship HMS Oropesa, on which it was developed.
