Acapulco
a seaport and resort in SW Mexico, on the Pacific.
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Dulce de leche culture spread to America when Filipinos sailed the Pacific, particularly to the Acapulco area.
Learn to make cajeta, a Mexican confection with multilayered sweetness and history | Adriana Velez | April 12, 2021 | Washington PostThe growth of Acapulco increasingly drained local communities of their water, forests and labor.
The problem of environmental racism in Mexico today is rooted in history | Jayson Porter | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostAfter he returned to his base in the South, 19th-century politicians abandoned Acapulco and its surrounding coasts.
The problem of environmental racism in Mexico today is rooted in history | Jayson Porter | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostNo city has borne a greater share of pain from the fracturing of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel than Héctor's beloved Acapulco.
In 1999, El Elegante threw a fashion benefit for more than 600 guests on the beach at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Acapulco.
True, in the 1970s, the La Quebrada Cliff Divers of Acapulco were a popular feature on ABC's Wild World of Sports.
The World Series of Cliff Diving Takes Itself Very Seriously | Hampton Stevens | June 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis children are mentioned once, 50 pages later, in a single mysterious sentence: “My wife was in Acapulco with the children.”
American Dreams, 1953: ‘Junky’ by William S. Burroughs | Nathaniel Rich | June 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe have a photo of him in his mid-50s diving off the cliffs at Acapulco, Mexico.
The ship was hardly seaworthy, and took seven weeks of sailing and floating to reach the harbor of Acapulco.
Historic Adventures | Rupert S. HollandBefore the end of 1847 every Mexican gun on the western coast, save those at Acapulco, had been silenced.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.We left Acapulco on the 6th of May 1742; and here begins another series of misfortunes and mortality surpassing the first.
Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II | Sir John RossThe ships sailed from the port of Acapulco, but, to the bitter disappointment of Cortez, the enterprise was entirely unsuccessful.
Hernando Cortez | John S. C. AbbottFinally they reembarked in the port of Acapulco, whence they had a fortunate passage to the Philipinas Islands.
British Dictionary definitions for Acapulco
/ (ˌækəˈpʊlkəʊ, Spanish akaˈpulko) /
a port and resort in SW Mexico, in Guerrero state. Pop: 761 000 (2005 est): Official name: Spanish Acapulco de Juárez (de ˈxwares)
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Cultural definitions for Acapulco
[ (ah-kuh-pool-koh, ak-uh-pool-koh) ]
City on Mexico's Pacific coast.
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