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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Cid, the
 
PRONUNCIATION:  sd
DATES:1043?–1099
VARIANTS:Originally Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar.
Spanish soldier and national hero whose military exploits, including the capture of Valencia (1094), are recounted in several literary works, most notably the epic The Song of the Cid.
 
 
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