a sea-port town of Galicia in Spain, with an old castle and a fort. It is seated in a fertile country by the sea-side. It was rendered famous by a sea-fight between the confederate fleet commanded by Sir George Rook, and a squadron of French men of war, while the duke of Ormond with a body of land forces drove the Spaniards from the castles which defended the harbour. Admiral Hopson having with infinite danger broken through the boom made across the mouth of the harbour, the English took four galleons and five large men of war, and the Dutch five galleons and one man of war. Four galleons, with 14 men of war, were destroyed, with abundance of plate and other rich effects. W. Long, 8. 43. N. Lat. 42. 14.