Albuquerque
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- proper noun
- /ˌæl.bəˈkɜːr.ki/
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Albuquerque
- Francis had driven in from his home in Albuquerque early in the afternoon.
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Albuquerque, N.M.
- university in Albuquerque
Hey, Theo, got a caller from Albuquerque, NM.
- Hey, Theo, got a caller from Albuquerque, NM.
- You take a town like Albuquerque, which is the subject of one of our theses.
- And they're like, yeah, we need to get you to Albuquerque right away.
- Hey, Theo, this is Ray Ray from Albuquerque.
- I can assure you that being a pregnant teenager in high school was not cool in Albuquerque, NM at that time.
- And New Mexico has to build like, you know, a giant pyramid just, you know, in the middle of Albuquerque or like the the bean in Chicago.
- Meanwhile, in New Mexico, Albuquerque has just directed statues of the two lead characters of the show Breaking Bad.
- So he presented there now at the Tesla tech conference in Albuquerque.
- And in fact, in Albuquerque, the cast, we share a house.
Examples
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We just drove all the way from Albuquerque.
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All photographs exhibited at the Albuquerque Conference will receive a certificate of exhibition.
Academic text (2000) -
And in fact, in Albuquerque, the cast, we share a house.
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Native Public Media did a small market study of Albuquerque about, I would say six years ago.
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This was everything in Albuquerque while I was filming.
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University officials told the Albuquerque Journal that expanding the program was the right thing to do.
Academic text (2017) -
Flight 115 to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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I am really looking forward to the PSA Conference in Albuquerque, NM, in September.
Academic text (2000) -
Some 400 students and faculty attended the 2004 installment in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Academic text (2012) -
We just drove all the way from Albuquerque to visit family in Texas.
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Etymology
Albuquerque is named after an old Spanish town and the Spanish duke who used that town's name. The original name likely meant 'white oak' from albus 'white' and quercus 'oak', so picture a 'white oak' tree to remember the city.