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Azcapotzalco

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[ahs-kah-paw-tsahl-kaw] / ˌɑs kɑ pɔˈtsɑl kɔ /

noun

  1. a city in central Mexico: suburb of Mexico City; a cultural center during the pre-Columbian period.


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When she was 20, she took the first steps toward fulfilling that dream, moving to Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, where she began studying architecture at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023

On July 16, 1990, Liliana Rivera Garza was found dead in her apartment in Azcapotzalco, a working-class borough of Mexico City.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2022

In Mexico City, for example, the Azcapotzalco case is not exceptional.

From Slate • Aug. 22, 2019

“I’ve had to go through two difficult moments, first burying him and now unburying him,” the 42-year-old carpenter said as he stood in the San Isidro cemetery in the Mexico City borough of Azcapotzalco.

From Washington Times • Oct. 28, 2014

We saw this trio again a couple of times, once at those same baths, the other time in Azcapotzalco, the baths of hell, as Laura called them, but things were never the same.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 15, 2013

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