Cerro Gordo

American  

[ser-raw gawr-daw] / ˈsɛr rɔ ˈgɔr dɔ /

noun

1. a mountain pass in E Mexico between Veracruz and Jalapa: defeat of Mexican troops by U.S. troops 1847.

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Cerro Gordo British  

/ ˈθɛrrɔ ˈɡorðo /

noun

1. a mountain pass in E Mexico, between Veracruz and Jalapa: site of a battle in the Mexican War (1847) in which American forces under General Scott decisively defeated the Mexicans

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Example Sentences

Gonzalez remained jailed Wednesday in Cerro Gordo County on $1 million bail.

From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2021

He’s being held in the Cerro Gordo County Jail on $2,000 bond.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2020

Shortly after he decided to wait out the coronavirus lockdown in Cerro Gordo, the area was buried in 5 feet of snow.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2020

The marketer and his partners bought the Cerro Gordo ghost town for $1.4 million in 2018 with the goal of transforming it into a remote tourist attraction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2020

He informed me that our army would attack the enemy, at the Cerro Gordo Pass, on the afternoon of the 17th; and said he desired that the engineer company should accompany his division.

From Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war by Smith, Gustavus Woodson