Ciudad Trujillo
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- proper noun
- Archaic
- By September 1959, a total of 1,319 Japanese had arrived in Ciudad Trujillo (as Santo Domingo was called during the generalissimo's rule), the capital city.
Examples
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Later that month, they arrived in Ciudad Trujillo, where they were welcomed with great fanfare (Despradel 1996, 46).
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Although the Jewish agricultural colony in Sosua posed less of a problem, most of the colonists were ultimately repatriated, emigrated to other countries, or took up residence in Ciudad Trujillo.
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In the 1950s, many celebrities visited Ciudad Trujillo during their tours of the Caribbean.
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Ciudad Trujillo was known for its vibrant nightlife and cultural events in the 1950s.
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The government often showcased Ciudad Trujillo as a symbol of progress and modernization.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Ciudad + Trujillo
The phrase literally combines 'Ciudad' (city) with the proper name 'Trujillo', so a learner who knows the constituents can infer it refers to a city named Trujillo. However, the precise historical sense — that it was the former name of Santo Domingo used during Rafael Trujillo's regime (1936–1961) — is world-knowledge that cannot be derived from the parts alone, so full meaning is not predictable.
Etymology
Ciudad Trujillo comes from when the ruler Rafael Trujillo renamed the capital after himself. So today Ciudad Trujillo means the former name of 'Santo Domingo' used during Trujillo's rule.