Laredo
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- proper noun
- /ləˈreɪdoʊ/
- Public hearings were held in five locations: McAllen, Laredo, El Paso, San Antonio, and Corpus Christi.
- Nuevo Laredo
- Laredo, Texas
- Laredo, Mexico
Examples
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Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, shared a minor-league baseball team.
Academic text (2011) -
Laredo, Texas, is older than Nuevo Laredo by a full century.
Academic text (1996) -
As I walked out on the streets of Laredo -
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At the border town of Laredo, you burn yourself on metal door handles.
Blog text (30) -
This is the last announcement... for the bus leaving for Laredo, Nuevo Laredo...
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Zivala was born in 1960 in Laredo, Texas.
Fiction book (1991) -
Over 800 individuals filled the seats of Laredo's Convention Center to see "El Moscas!"
Blog text (3) -
High temperatures Monday held only in the 60s at Brownsville, McAllen, Laredo, and Victoria, Texas.
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Have you heard "Streets of Laredo” by Marty Robbins?
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The city of Laredo, Texas, is known for being a major port of entry between the United States and Mexico.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Laredo comes from a town in Spain also called Laredo, and the Texas city was named after that older Spanish town. A helpful way to remember it is to think of its Spanish name and history, which is why Laredo today has strong Spanish and Mexican links.