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 • Oct. 28, 2022

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 first great difficulty which he was compelled to encounter was, naturally, the forcing of the mountain pass of Cerro Gordo, through which the national road from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico led.

From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by Burgess, John William