LEIRIA, an episcopal city and the capital of the district of Leiria, formerly included in Estremadura, Portugal; on the river Liz and on the Lisbon-Figueria da Foz railway.
Leiria, the Roman Calippo, was taken from the Moors in 1135 by Alphonso I. (Affonso Henriques).
The administrative district of Leiria coincides with the north and north-west of the ancient province of Estremadura (q.v.); pop.
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