Mendoza

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/mɛnˈdəʊzə/, /menˈdoθa/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(men dō′zə; Sp. men dô′sä or, for 1, -thä)



WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Men•do•za  (men dō′zə; Sp. men dô′sä or, for 1, -thä),USA pronunciation n. 
    Pe•dro de  (pe′ᵺrô ᵺe),USA pronunciation 1487–1537, Spanish soldier and explorer: founder of the first colony of Buenos Aires 1536?.
  1. Place Namesa city in W central Argentina. 596,796.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Mendoza / mɛnˈdəʊzə menˈdoθa/
  1. a city in W central Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierra de los Paramillos: largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1861; commercial centre of an intensively cultivated irrigated region; University of Cuyo (1939). Pop: 1 072 000 (2005 est)
Mendoza / menˈdoθa/
  1. Pedro de ( ˈpeðro de ). died 1537, Spanish soldier and explorer; founder of Buenos Aires (1536)
'Mendoza' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Uspallata Pass

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