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Noun
pedraplén m (plural pedraplenes)
- (construction, engineeering) rockfill (compacted rock used to prevent erosion or flooding)
2016 December 2, “Cobertura en vivo: Fidel Castro, sus cenizas y el sexto día de luto nacional”, in Juventud Rebelde:Una de las obras monumentales de Ciego de Ávila a la que Fidel le prestó especial atención fue el pedraplén (carretera sobre el lecho marino) que va de Morón a los cayos del archipiélago Sabana-Camagüey, el que permitió el desarrollo turístico allí, y es hoy el tercer destino vacacional de la Isla.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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