Acapulco [ ak-uh -poo l -koh; Spanish ah-kah-pool -kaw ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌæk əˈpʊl koʊ; Spanish ˌɑ kɑˈpul kɔ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun
a seaport and resort in SW Mexico, on the Pacific.
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How to use Acapulco in a sentence Dulce de leche culture spread to America when Filipinos sailed the Pacific, particularly to the Acapulco area.
The growth of Acapulco increasingly drained local communities of their water, forests and labor.
After he returned to his base in the South, 19th-century politicians abandoned Acapulco and its surrounding coasts.
No city has borne a greater share of pain from the fracturing of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel than Héctor's beloved Acapulco .
In 1999, El Elegante threw a fashion benefit for more than 600 guests on the beach at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Acapulco .
True, in the 1970s, the La Quebrada Cliff Divers of Acapulco were a popular feature on ABC's Wild World of Sports.
His children are mentioned once, 50 pages later, in a single mysterious sentence: “My wife was in Acapulco with the children.”
We have a photo of him in his mid-50s diving off the cliffs at Acapulco , Mexico.
The ship was hardly seaworthy, and took seven weeks of sailing and floating to reach the harbor of Acapulco .
Before the end of 1847 every Mexican gun on the western coast, save those at Acapulco , had been silenced.
We left Acapulco on the 6th of May 1742; and here begins another series of misfortunes and mortality surpassing the first.
The ships sailed from the port of Acapulco , but, to the bitter disappointment of Cortez, the enterprise was entirely unsuccessful.
Finally they reembarked in the port of Acapulco , whence they had a fortunate passage to the Philipinas Islands.
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British Dictionary definitions for Acapulco
Acapulco
/ (ˌækəˈpʊlkəʊ , Spanish akaˈpulko ) /
noun
a port and resort in SW Mexico, in Guerrero state. Pop: 761 000 (2005 est) Official name: Spanish Acapulco de Juárez (de ˈxwares )
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Cultural definitions for Acapulco
Acapulco
[ (ah-kuh-pool -koh, ak-uh-pool -koh) ]
City on Mexico 's Pacific coast.
notes for Acapulco A fashionable resort known for its beaches and water sports, which include cliff diving.
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