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

They say their best catch was a cowboy materializing on camera during their exploration of California’s Cerro Gordo ghost town in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times

Migrants line up outside a migration institute office in Cerro Gordo as they participate in a caravan after growing impatience waiting for a humanitarian visa to cross the country and reach the US border, in Cerro Gordo in Huixtla near Tapachula, Mexico July 1, 2022.

From Reuters

Conglomerate Mesa’s charcoal smelters helped give birth 150 years ago to the silver town of Cerro Gordo, where ingots were produced and shipped off to the small pueblo of Los Angeles by steamboat and 20-mule team.

From Los Angeles Times

Sullivan had recently been making his way through more Cerro Gordo towns.

From Washington Times

Six years in, Sullivan finally crossed Cerro Gordo off his list after crossing the finish line at the Earth Day race in Clear Lake.

From Washington Times