Alava


Cape, a cape in NW Washington: westernmost point in the contiguous U.S.
Historical Examples

Vitoria had said that she hated him: well, he would do what he could to save her, and then leave Alava forever.
The Azure Rose Reginald Wright Kauffman

Alava said of the Indians that their brains were in their hands.
A Visit to the Philippine Islands John Bowring

Chitta should have a salary for remaining in a cottage that he would give her in Alava and never leaving it.
The Azure Rose Reginald Wright Kauffman

The enemy, however, had now retired to his strongholds in Alava and Guipuscoa.
The Bible in Spain George Borrow

Alava is very bad, most of the officers are more or less hurt, and I may be able to be of some service here.
Trafalgar Benito Prez Galds

This zone is most extensive in Navarre, but exists also in Alava and in Biscay.
Basque Legends Wentworth Webster

Alava, in his report to the Spanish Government, calls it “the most sanguinary cavalry fight perhaps ever witnessed.”
A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Magdalene De Lancey

You are in Alava, sir, and you speak of a member of my family.
The Azure Rose Reginald Wright Kauffman

Alava replied that he thought, none the less, that the tax would encounter many obstacles, and begged him earnestly to reflect.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume II.(of III) 1566-74 John Lothrop Motley

One day when I had been playing tennis with a lad from Alava I won, and he picked a quarrel with me.
The World’s Greatest Books, Vol VI. Various

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