On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Tagus. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as river and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Tagus in a sentence
Tagus meaning
A major river in Spain and Portugal, the longest in Iberia.
Synonyms of Tagus
Using Tagus
- The main meaning on this page is: A major river in Spain and Portugal, the longest in Iberia.
- Useful related words include: tagus river, river.
- In the example corpus, tagus often appears in combinations such as: the tagus, tagus river.
Context around Tagus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tagus
- In this selection, "tagus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gigantic, river, segura and allowed stand out and add context to how "tagus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include above the tagus river about and across the tagus have already. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tagus" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tagus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Tagus is the lengthiest river in the Iberian Peninsula. (10 words)
The inauguration of the bridge over the Tagus allowed rapid connection between both sides of the river. (17 words)
The British commander sent the Light Brigade on a dash to hold the bridge over the Tagus River at Almaraz. (20 words)
There was much to tell, because the Tagus has seen through its shores the extensive history of the Iberian Peninsula and because the longest river in Spain at present is subject to serious problems like lack of water and pollution. (40 words)
The foundations for a third bridge across the Tagus have already been laid, but the overall project has been postponed due to the economic crisis in Portugal and all of Europe. (31 words)
Ultimately, the shelf drops into the Bay of Biscay on the north (an abyss), the Iberian abyssal plain at convert on the west and Tagus abyssal plain to the south. (30 words)
Example sentences (11)
To make the bone-dry southeast bloom, Spain began building the gigantic Tagus-Segura Water project under the dictator General Franco in 1960.
The Castilla-La Mancha bridge stands above the Tagus River, about 120km south west of Madrid, and was opened in 2011.
At the same time, however, the reservoir required the flooding of some inhabited areas along the Tagus River—and also the Dolmen of Guadalperal.
There was much to tell, because the Tagus has seen through its shores the extensive history of the Iberian Peninsula and because the longest river in Spain at present is subject to serious problems like lack of water and pollution.
The Tagus is the lengthiest river in the Iberian Peninsula.
He also conquered an important part of the land south of the Tagus River, although this was lost again to the Moors in the following years.
The British commander sent the Light Brigade on a dash to hold the bridge over the Tagus River at Almaraz.
The foundations for a third bridge across the Tagus have already been laid, but the overall project has been postponed due to the economic crisis in Portugal and all of Europe.
The inauguration of the bridge over the Tagus allowed rapid connection between both sides of the river.
This powerful family possessed for many generations before 369 BC the privilege of furnishing the tagus, the local term for the strategos of the combined Thessalian forces.
Ultimately, the shelf drops into the Bay of Biscay on the north (an abyss), the Iberian abyssal plain at convert on the west and Tagus abyssal plain to the south.
Common combinations with tagus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: