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Aguadilla

American  
[ah-gwuh-dee-uh, ah-gwah-thee-yah] / ˌɑ gwəˈdi ə, ˌɑ gwɑˈði yɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport in NW Puerto Rico.


Example Sentences

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Other Puerto Rico airports in Aguadilla and Ponce also reported flights being canceled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

Before September 2017, Dianiz Roman and Wilfredo Gonzalez had never given a moment’s thought to leaving Aguadilla, the couple’s hometown in western Puerto Rico.

From National Geographic • Sep. 18, 2023

Most of my customers are people from the surrounding neighborhood, including municipal cops in the Aguadilla police station, which is just down the block.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2018

Orlando Gonzalez, who fights out of the Atlantic Gym in Aguadilla, a town in the island’s northwest region, sees boxing as a familial rite, a kind of inheritance.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2018

This place he named Aguadilla, which means "the watering place."

From Little Journey to Puerto Rico For Intermediate and Upper Grades by George, Marian Minnie