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To·le·do¹

(tə-lēdō)

1. (also tō-lĕthō) A city of central Spain near the Tagus River south-southwest of Madrid. It fell to the Romans in 193 BC and was later the capital of the Visigoth kingdom (534-712). As a Moorish capital (712-1085), it was a center of Arab and Hebrew learning.

2. A city of northwest Ohio on Lake Erie. Annexed by Ohio in 1835 following a boundary dispute with Michigan known as the Toledo War, it is one of the major shipping centers of the Great Lakes.

To·le·do² also to·le·do

(tə-lēdō)

n. pl. To·le·dos also to·le·dos

A fine-tempered sword or steel sword blade made in Toledo, Spain.

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