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Hermosillo

American  
[er-maw-see-yaw] / ˌɛr mɔˈsi jɔ /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Sonora, in NW Mexico.


Hermosillo British  
/ ɛrmoˈsiʎo /

noun

  1. a city in NW Mexico, capital of Sonora state, on the Sonora River: university (1938); winter resort and commercial centre for an agricultural and mining region. Pop: 668 000 (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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The cases against Proper, 19, remains ongoing, as do the cases against the two other alleged co-conspirators: Daniel K. Eskridge, 32, of Kidder, Miss., and Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, 31, of Omaha.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

She sometimes visited him in Hermosillo — or had him come to Mexicali, where she then lived.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

He was mostly raised in an orphanage in Hermosillo.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

Sánchez traveled to Hermosillo, around 100 miles from La Ciénega, and saw a geologist who had worked at the mine.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

I have no week to waste, and I do not mean the guns at Hermosillo.

From The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Amick, Robert Wesley

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