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, in which the English took four galleons and five large men of war, and the Dutch five galleons and one man of war. W. Long. 8. 43. N. Lat. 42. 14.