"Ceuta" meaning in English

See Ceuta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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  1. An autonomous city of Spain and exclave at the edge of Morocco. Categories (place): Places in Spain Related terms: Melilla Translations (Spanish exclave): ሴውታ (sewta) (Amharic), Ἀβύλη (Abúlē) (Ancient Greek), سَبْتَة (sabta) [feminine] (Arabic), سيوتا (siyūtā) (note: Spanish-based form) [feminine] (Arabic), Ceuta [feminine] (Catalan), ᏑᏔ (suta) (Cherokee), 休達 /休达 (Xiūdá) (Chinese Mandarin), Ceuta [neuter] (Dutch), Seuta (Farefare), Ceuta [feminine] (French), Θέουτα (Théouta) [feminine] (Greek), セウタ (Seuta) (Japanese), 세우타 (Se'uta) (Korean), Сеу́та (Seúta) [feminine] (Macedonian), Ceuta [feminine] (Occitan), سبته (sebte) (Ottoman Turkish), Ceuta [feminine] (Polish), Ceuta [feminine] (Portuguese), Сеу́та (Seúta) (Russian), Ceuta [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Ceuta [feminine] (Spanish), Ceuta [neuter] (Swedish), Sebte (Turkish), Ceuta (Turkish), Сеута (Seuta) (Ukrainian)
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      "word": "Sebte"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "Spanish exclave",
      "word": "Ceuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "sebte",
      "sense": "Spanish exclave",
      "word": "سبته"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "Seuta",
      "sense": "Spanish exclave",
      "word": "Сеута"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ceuta"
}

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