a region and former kingdom of NW Spain, consisting of a coastal plain and the Cantabrian Mountains: a Christian stronghold against the Moors (8th to 13th centuries); rich mineral resources
Asturias in British English2
(æˈstʊərɪˌæs)
noun
Miguel Ángel. 1899–1974, Guatemalan novelist and poet. His novels include El Señor Presidente (1946). Nobel prize for literature 1967
Asturias in American English
(æsˈtʊriəs; Spanish ɑsˈtuʀjɑs)
region of NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay: formerly (8th-9th cent.), a kingdom: 4,079 sq mi (10,565 sq km); pop. 1,094,000; cap. Oviedo