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Nueces

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[noo-ey-suhs, nyoo-] / nuˈeɪ səs, nyu- /

noun

  1. a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.


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Just outside the city, it is pumping brackish groundwater from wells and discharging it into the Nueces River, which flows into a water treatment plant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Colby Wiltse, Citizens Defending Freedom’s Texas state director, called Mr. Gonzalez’s resignation “a great day for justice in Nueces County.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Ramirez’s case took another turn in April when current Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez asked a judge to withdraw the death warrant and delay the execution, saying it had been requested by mistake.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2022

More than 10,000 people in Nueces County, which includes Corpus Christi, have now been infected with the virus, and at least 140 people have died.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2020

General Almonté in 1834, as I have previously stated, alleged, upon the authority of the State government of Coahuila and Texas that the boundary between them was even east of the Nueces.

From History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 by Mayer, Brantz