Albuquerque

[ al-buh-kur-kee; Portuguese awl-boo-ker-kuh ]

noun

1. Af·fon·so de [uh, -, fawn, -s, oo, d, uh], 1453–1515, founder of the Portuguese empire in the East.
2. a city in central New Mexico.

Albuquerque

¹

/ ɑlbuˈkɛrkə; ˈælbəˌkɜːkɪ /

noun

1. AlbuquerqueAfonso de14531515MPortugueseTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator Afonso de (əˈfõsu dəː). 1453–1515, Portuguese navigator who established Portuguese colonies in the East by conquering Goa, Ceylon, Malacca, and Ormuz

Albuquerque

²

/ ˈælbəˌkɜːkɪ /

noun

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

Albuquerque

1. Largest city in New Mexico .

Example Sentences

It’s been a hot summer in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where my partner and I live.

From Outside Online

Drawn into the criminal underworld, Walter first faces off with low-level drug dealers, then slowly begins to work his way up the food chain of Albuquerque lawbreakers.

From Vox

While Luján’s congressional district consists of the northernmost part of the state, he’s currently enjoying a 20-point advantage in the Albuquerque metro area.

From Vox

To really drill into the numbers, Sanchez says, look at the greater Albuquerque area, the state’s most populated region, which is key to any statewide victory.

From Vox

Diana Fleischman is an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Portsmouth, writing and living while on sabbatical in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

From Nautilus

Albuquerque Economic Development, a private non-profit, estimates the five year growth rate at almost double the U.S. in general.

From The Daily Beast

A second source inside the Albuquerque VA, a medical technician, said the facility provided high quality care.

From The Daily Beast

Now a small band of Dylan sleuths led by an Albuquerque disc jockey may finally have found the key…but, to what?

From The Daily Beast

Doing some digging, the author found that Jorgenson was a circus performer and a prominent unicyclist in Albuquerque.

From The Daily Beast

In the spring of 2011, I spent two days on the set of Breaking Bad in Albuquerque, N.M.

From The Daily Beast

Did you write to Denver that you had secured the pearls and were going to carry them with you as far as Albuquerque?

From Project Gutenberg

She did not remember where Albuquerque was, though Knight had pointed it out on the map; and she did not care to remember.

From Project Gutenberg

She wondered when they would arrive at Albuquerque, wondered, yet did not want to know.

From Project Gutenberg

And at dinner that evening she forced herself to ask, "Do we get to Albuquerque to-night?"

From Project Gutenberg

I leave a son behind me, Blas de Albuquerque, whom I entreat your highness to promote in recompence of my services.

From Project Gutenberg