Asturias UK /æsˈtʊə.ɹi.əs/US /æsˈtʊɹ.i.əs/ noun2 •An autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea. Capital: Oviedo.To this day the Asturians say to each other "Have a care. Asturias is Spain. The rest is Araby." — 2000 •A former kingdom existing from c. 718 to 924 CE, in modern northwest Spain and Portugal.