Asturias: Meaning and Definition of

As•tu•ri•as

Pronunciation: (a-stoor'ē-us, a-styoor'- Sp. äs-t&oomacr'ryäs), [key]
— n.
  1. 1899–1974, Guatemalan novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel prize 1967.
  2. a former kingdom and province in NW Spain.
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