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Durango

Durango

9 5.4
A city in north-central Mexico known for mining and old buildings
  • proper noun
: Durango
  • Although I was unable to interview Durango state representatives, club leaders in Los Angeles reported that the Durango state government focused on tourism.
  • Durango, Sinaloa
  • Durango state
  • Durango, Colorado

So I'm looking at a couple franchises for just the, the health industry and so look into, and then they're very hands off and they're not in Durango.

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Examples

  • No, I live down in Durango.

    The Black Phone (2022)

  • We meet our host, Ryan, in front of Durango's Cowboy Church during Sunday morning service.

    Traceroute (2016)

  • Two tickets on the next flight to Durango, please.

    Serving Sara (2002)

  • I heard last year she was in community college somewhere in Durango, but I doubt it.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • I lived in Durango for 15 years and love driving through there to this day.

    Blog text (34)

  • I counted back to the day we left Durango.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Equally important to our location in Durango at 6,500 feet is our ethnic diversity.

    Academic text (2004)

  • In 1956, we moved from a rural, agricultural campus into Durango, Colorado, and in 1964, we began to offer our first four-year degrees.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Joel drove to Durango, eighty-five miles southwest of Palisades, to get the paper printed.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Villa approached the city of Durango, capital of the Mexican state of the same name.

Synonyms

Durango City
vsDurango
1 5.0

A city in north-central Mexico known for mining and as the state capital

is the shorter common form used for the same city name
Victoria de Durango
vsDurango
8.1

A city in north central Mexico that is the capital of Durango and known for mining

is the shorter common form rather than the longer formal name

Surface Forms

Durango main

Etymology

The word Durango is the name of the Mexican city and comes from a Spanish town also called Durango in the Basque region of Spain. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the Mexican place as a 'new' Durango brought by Spanish settlers, which is why the name was used for the city.