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Ciudad Victoria

American  
[syoo-thahth beek-taw-ryah] / sjuˈðɑð bikˈtɔ rjɑ /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Tamaulipas state, in NE Mexico.


Ciudad Victoria British  
/ siuˈðað bikˈtorja /

noun

  1. a city in E central Mexico, capital of Tamaulipas state. Pop: 285 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They are sent off to the forensic lab in the state capital Ciudad Victoria, where boxes of paper bags wait their turn along with others.

From Seattle Times Feb. 27, 2022

AP writer Alfredo Peña in Ciudad Victoria contributed to this report.

From Seattle Times Feb. 27, 2022

Mrs. Rodríguez’s son, Luis, was closing down his own shop in Ciudad Victoria to attend the festivities.

From New York Times Dec. 13, 2020

Napolitano, 80, was born Graciela Flores in Brownsville, Tex., to a mother from Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and a father of Mexican heritage from north Texas.

From Washington Post Aug. 9, 2017

At the cave called "Los Troncones", 12 kilometers west and 8 kilometers north of Ciudad Victoria, seven bats were shot down; three were saved.

From Mammals from Tamaulipas, Mexico by Baker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)

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