Acapulco

[ ak-uh-pool-koh; Spanish ah-kah-pool-kaw ]

noun

1. a seaport and resort in SW Mexico, on the Pacific.

Acapulco

/ akaˈpulko; ˌækəˈpʊlkəʊ /

noun

1. a port and resort in SW Mexico, in Guerrero state. Pop: 761 000 (2005 est) Official nameAcapulco de Juárezde ˈxwares

Acapulco

1. City on Mexico 's Pacific coast.

Notes

A fashionable resort known for its beaches and water sports, which include cliff diving.

Example Sentences

No city has borne a greater share of pain from the fracturing of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel than Héctor's beloved Acapulco.

From The Daily Beast

In 1999, El Elegante threw a fashion benefit for more than 600 guests on the beach at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Acapulco.

From The Daily Beast

True, in the 1970s, the La Quebrada Cliff Divers of Acapulco were a popular feature on ABC's Wild World of Sports.

From The Daily Beast

His children are mentioned once, 50 pages later, in a single mysterious sentence: “My wife was in Acapulco with the children.”

From The Daily Beast

We have a photo of him in his mid-50s diving off the cliffs at Acapulco, Mexico.

From The Daily Beast

The ship was hardly seaworthy, and took seven weeks of sailing and floating to reach the harbor of Acapulco.

From Project Gutenberg

Before the end of 1847 every Mexican gun on the western coast, save those at Acapulco, had been silenced.

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We left Acapulco on the 6th of May 1742; and here begins another series of misfortunes and mortality surpassing the first.

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The ships sailed from the port of Acapulco, but, to the bitter disappointment of Cortez, the enterprise was entirely unsuccessful.

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Finally they reembarked in the port of Acapulco, whence they had a fortunate passage to the Philipinas Islands.

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