Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of east-central Mexico south-southeast of Monterrey. It was founded in 1750.
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- noun a city in east central Mexico
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Examples
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From there, authorities found Estrada Luna in a house in the Tamaulipas capital of Ciudad Victoria on Saturday.
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The violence damaged the city hall, a court and the police headquarters in Padilla, a town just north of the Tamaulipas state capital of Ciudad Victoria, the state government said in a statement.
Eighteen killed in cartel-plagued northern Mexican town 2011
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Authorities later apprehended six more in Ciudad Victoria in the same operation and confiscated three luxury SUVs, six more large caliber guns, ammunition and doses of white powder.
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National leaders of the PRI converged on Ciudad Victoria this week for a memorial service for Torre and to pick a replacement for him on this Sunday's ballot.
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In downtown Ciudad Victoria, Hugo Enrique Gomez says he was shocked by Torre's murder.
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Gunmen ambushed Torre's vehicle as he headed to a campaign event near the state capital, Ciudad Victoria.
Karzai's interior minister nominee is approved, but 7 agencies remain leaderless 2010
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CANDIDATE MOURNED: Supporters mourned gubernatorial candidate Rodolfo at his funeral service in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, Tuesday.
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Bishop ANTONIO GONZALEZ SANCHEZ (Catholic Bishop, Ciudad Victoria): (Spanish spoken) BEAUBIEN: Now the violence has invaded nearly all of the states, the bishop says.
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(Soundbite of applause) Unidentified Man: (Spanish spoken) JASON BEAUBIEN: In a modern convention center in Ciudad Victoria, thousands of people rose to their feet and applauded for almost five minutes straight as the bodies of Rodolfo Torre Cantu and his bodyguards were carried in to the podium.
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(Soundbite of music) Unidentified Man: (Singing in Spanish) BEAUBIEN: Ciudad Victoria, the capital of Tamaulipas, is a small city of about 300,000 people.
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