Cuernavaca
[kwer-nuh-vah-kuh; Spanish kwer-nah-vah-kah]
- a city in and the capital of Morelos, in central Mexico.
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Morelos
[maw-re-laws]
- a state in S central Mexico. 1916 sq. mi. (4960 sq. km). Capital: Cuernavaca.
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Examples from the Web for cuernavaca
Contemporary Examples
But in 1959, Brady left Europe for a new adventure in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Beltran managed to get away, but the U.S. soon after managed to trace him to an apartment complex in Cuernavaca.
But as some notorious areas have improved, violence has spread to new ones like Acapulco and Cuernavaca, close to Mexico City.
Historical Examples
My glimpses of the town of Cuernavaca were but flashlight peeps.
On the Mexican HighlandsWilliam Seymour Edwards
His swift runners brought him from sunny Cuernavaca fruits of the tropics.
MexicoSusan Hale
Eighteen miles from Cuernavaca are the ruins of Xochicalco, before mentioned.
MexicoSusan Hale
Later he took possession of Cuernavaca in the state of Mxico.
The War With Mexico, Volume II (of 2)Justin H. Smith
But a flood of memory swept over him, the memory of what he had seen at Cuernavaca.
The MissourianEugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
Cuernavaca
- a city in S central Mexico, capital of Morelos state: resort with nearby Cacahuamilpa Caverns. Pop: 723 000 (2005 est)
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Morelos
- an inland state of S central Mexico, on the S slope of the great plateau. Capital: Cuernavaca. Pop: 1 552 878 (2000 est). Area: 4988 sq km (1926 sq miles)
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