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Arabic al-gharb `the west' ancient kingdom in
S Portugal, the modern district of Faro, a
popular holiday resort; population (1981)
323,500. The Algarve began to be wrested from
the Moors in the 12th century and was united
with Portugal as a kingdom in 1253. It
includes the SW extremity of Europe, Cape St
Vincent, where the British fleet defeated the
Spanish in 1797.