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Alcira, an old walled town of Spain, on an island in the river Jucar, in the province and 24 m. S. of Valencia; pop. about 14,000. It is irregularly built, but is adorned by several churches and bridges over the Jucar, and a fine railway depot belonging to the Valencia and Almansa line. It was an important town in Moorish times.
 
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