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Cananea

American  
[kan-uh-nee-uh, -ney-uh, kah-nah-ne-ah] / ˌkæn əˈni ə, -ˈneɪ ə, ˌkɑ nɑˈnɛ ɑ /

noun

  1. a city in N Mexico: copper mining and smelting.


Other Word Forms

  • Cananean noun

Example Sentences

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A strike also interrupted work at the Buenavista open-pit copper mine in the Cananea mining district of the northern state of Sonora from 2007 to 2010.

From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2023

On this date in 1901, the first spike was driven on the Narrow Gauge Railroad of the Greene Consolidated Copper Co. from Naco to the mines in Cananea.

From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2017

At night the only light comes from the stars, the Mexican mining town of Cananea, and from a border patrol floodlight so intense you could sit on your porch and read by the glow.

From Slate • May 6, 2013

On Monday, people in Cananea, a tiny desert town, awoke to see the picket line replaced by federal police officers on guard inside the mine’s fences.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2010

The Cananea Consolidated Copper Company, a remarkable enterprise instituted by American capitalists.

From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Hume, Martin