Concho
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- proper noun
- /ˈkɒŋkoʊ/
- I give many thanks to those who started this awesome three-day event to cure the hunger in the Concho Valley.
- Fort Concho
- Concho Avenue
Examples
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The community celebrated the annual Fiesta del Concho with a parade and local music.
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HUNGER is a big problem in the Concho Valley, with families going for days without meals.
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As the holidays approach, we think of good times with family and friends with more food than we could ever imagine, but the sad truth is that there are folks right here in the Concho Valley who are going hungry because they do not have any food.
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"It was home to an army post, Fort Concho, in the 1800s, where the buffalo soldiers were stationed."
Fiction book (1998) -
Hattie Foster, the widow of an Army officer stationed at Fort Concho, was already a successful businesswoman.
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The wind had come up as we pulled into a parking place across the street from Miss Hattie's Parlor on East Concho, a block off San Angelo's main street.
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My dad met the Texas Ranger, a man named Joe Jackson, who had been dispatched from Austin to break the back of the bootlegging operations in Concho and Tom Green counties.
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Many visitors come to explore the historical sites in Concho, Texas, including its old fort.
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I enjoy fishing in the Concho River, where the scenery is beautiful and peaceful.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Concho comes from the Spanish word concha, which means 'shell'; the county was named after the nearby river where people found many shells. So the county name remembers the river and its shell-covered banks.