Nuevo León

[ nwey-voh ley-ohn, noo-ey-; Spanish nwe-vaw le-awn ]

noun

1. a state in NE Mexico. 25,136 sq. mi. (65,102 sq. km). : Monterrey.

Nuevo León

/ nuːˈeɪ-; ˈnweβo leˈɔn; ˈnweɪvəʊ leɪˈəʊn /

noun

1. a state of NE Mexico: the first centre of heavy industry in Latin America. Capital: Monterrey. Pop: 3 826 240 (2000). Area: 64 555 sq km (24 925 sq miles)

Example Sentences

In Nuevo Leon, near Texas, a local police chief and his brother were also found decapitated.

From The Daily Beast

The range of S. milleri is therefore extended southwestward to western central Nuevo Leon.

From Project Gutenberg

An annotated list of mammals collected in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in 1938.

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Monterey, an old city, the capital of the State of Nuevo Leon, contained about forty thousand inhabitants.

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