Laredo

[luh-rey-doh]

noun

1. a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.

Laredo

/ ləˈreɪdəʊ /

noun

1. a city in the US, in Texas, on the Mexican border: founded by the Spanish in 1755 on the Rio Grande. Pop: 197 488 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

In the mid-1980s, I worked in Laredo, Texas, as a reporter on the Mexican border.

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An undocumented immigrant has arrived in San Antonio from Laredo to marry his girlfriend, Chencha.

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"Heavily armed members of criminal groups often patrol areas of the state and operate with impunity particularly along the border region from Reynosa to Nuevo Laredo," the US state department said.

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“Heavily armed members of criminal groups often patrol areas of the state and operate with impunity particularly along the border region from Reynosa to Nuevo Laredo,” reads the State Department warning.

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Milliken also championed the launch of UT’s Education and Research Center at Laredo, an academic health research hub in south Texas.

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