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Almagro, a city of Spain, in the province and 12 m. E. S. E. of Ciudad Real; pop. about 11,000. It is celebrated for its laces, in the manufacture of which thousands of women are engaged in the town and its vicinity. Al-magro was founded in 1214 by Archbishop Roderic of Toledo.
 
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