Ciudad Juárez

American  

[syoo-thahth hwah-res] / syuˈðɑð ˈʰwɑ rɛs /

noun

1. a city in N Mexico, across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.

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Ciudad Juárez British  

/ siuˈðað ˈxwarɛs /

noun

1. Former name (until 1888): El Paso del Norte.  a city in N Mexico, in Chihuahua state on the Río Grande, opposite El Paso, Texas. Pop: 1 469 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Protests also saw agricultural workers storm the customs offices in Ciudad Juarez.

From Barron's

Shot over the course of 11 days, their scenes took place in downtown El Paso, just a few minutes from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on the other side of the border.

From Los Angeles Times

Across the Rio Grande from El Paso in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez, shelters once hummed with life, rich with the smell of cooked stews and the chatter of people plotting their passage to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Tallies published on Tuesday showed that Silvia Delgado had won enough votes to secure a position as a local criminal judge in the city of Ciudad Juárez, on the US-Mexico border.

From BBC

Also from Ciudad Juárez, her legal background is in human rights law and as an activist against gender-based violence in the notoriously dangerous border city.

From BBC