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  1. City in Portugal, on the Mondego River, 32
  2. km/19 mi from the sea; population (1981)
  3. 71,800. It produces fabrics, paper, pottery,
  4. and biscuits. There is a
  5. 12th-century Romanesque cathedral
  6. incorporating part of an older mosque, and a
  7. university, founded in Lisbon 1290 and
  8. transferred to Coimbra 1537. Coimbra was the
  9. capital of Portugal 1139-1385.
  10.