Albuquerque

American  

[al-buh-kur-kee, awl-boo-ker-kuh] / ˈæl bəˌkɜr ki, ˌɔl bʊˈkɛr kə /

noun

1. Affonso de 1453–1515, founder of the Portuguese empire in the East.

2. a city in central New Mexico.

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Albuquerque ¹ British  

/ ɑlbuˈkɛrkə, ˈælbəˌkɜːkɪ /

noun

1. Afonso de (əˈfõsu dəː). 1453–1515, Portuguese navigator who established Portuguese colonies in the East by conquering Goa, Ceylon, Malacca, and Ormuz

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Albuquerque ² British  

/ ˈælbəˌkɜːkɪ /

noun

1. a city in central New Mexico, on the Rio Grande. Pop: 471 856 (2003 est)

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Albuquerque Cultural  

1. Largest city in New Mexico.

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Example Sentences

The Apple TV series is nothing like his previous successes except that it’s set in Albuquerque, stars Seehorn and is singularly brilliant.

From Los Angeles Times

During Thanksgiving, Dickinson and his family gathered with the families of two other former FAA controllers, from Albuquerque, N.M., and Denver, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

To visualize that scale, it is similar to a crack stretching from Albuquerque to Denver, with the ground on either side suddenly sliding past each other by 10 to 15 feet.

From Science Daily

Occasionally we’d glimpse small towns and timeworn roadside attractions — a reminder that Old Route 66 basically follows Southwest Chief’s path between the West Coast and Albuquerque, N.M.

From Los Angeles Times

“EU capital markets are small and not competitive enough,” said Maria Luis Albuquerque, the EU’s commissioner for financial services.

From The Wall Street Journal