Definitions

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  • proper noun An autonomous community in the north of Spain, with capital Logroño.
  • proper noun A province in Argentina.

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Examples

  • Instead they produce distinctive reds from La Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Priorat and a hundred less well-known regions.

    At-a-glance guide to Spain 2011

  • We head up north through San Juan (Argentina's second most important wine producing province, after Mendoza) into the town of Chilecito, La Rioja (Argentina has a wine producing region with the same name as the region in Spain).

    Laura Catena: A Journey Through Argentina's High-Altitude Wine Country Laura Catena 2010

  • We head up north through San Juan (Argentina's second most important wine producing province, after Mendoza) into the town of Chilecito, La Rioja (Argentina has a wine producing region with the same name as the region in Spain).

    Laura Catena: A Journey Through Argentina's High-Altitude Wine Country Laura Catena 2010

  • I had crossed the Atlantic, spent a few nights at La Rioja, taken a plane to Barcelona, and then driven for almost three hours to the little town of Roses in Spain.

    Raúl de Molina: The World's Best Restaurant uacute;l de Molina 2010

  • Spanish originated as a dialect of Latin along the remote cross road strips among the Cantabria, Burgos, Soria and La Rioja provinces of Northern Spain.

    Planet-x.com.au » Spanish – Learn to Speak visit travelling hotels Spanish flights to 2010

  • Several races have folded over the past few years due to loss of sponsorship money, including such events as Setmana Catalan, stage races in Valencia, Aragon and La Rioja, as well as one-day events such as Luis Puig and the Urkiola climb.

    Basque Country official wants to charge to watch bike races 2010

  • But now, thanks to the fact InfoPSP.com, with movie and video game links, carried advertising, a judge in the region of La Rioja decided it infringed intellectual property laws, by obtaining economic benefits via his site, says the Hollywood Reporter, continuing::

    InfoPSP admin jailed for something he didn’t do 2009

  • The La Rioja ruling says Gomez ‘put at the disposal of [Internet] users means to obtain illicit copies of works protected by authors rights… obtaining a pirated copy in their computers without the consent of the [work's] title holder’.

    InfoPSP admin jailed for something he didn’t do 2009

  • Beginning in 1970, the provincial universities of San Juan and La Rioja began extensive field work in the area.

    Ischigualasto-Talampaya, Argentina 2008

  • The ecoregion includes the departments of La Paz, Oruro, and Potosi in Bolivia; the provinces of Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca, and La Rioja in Argentina; and the provinces of Tarapaca, Antofagasta, and Atacama in Chile.

    Central Andean dry puna 2008

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