Manzanillo

American  

[mahn-sah-nee-yaw] / ˌmɑn sɑˈni yɔ /

noun

1. a seaport in SE Cuba.

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Example Sentences

The Mexican airline said Monday that it is in the process of restoring operations at airports in Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Tepic, and Manzanillo.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Manzanillo, Mexico, 1978. Train to Mexicali. An American surfer managed to drag his surfboard onto the train, even though it wasn’t allowed. He hid it in the bathroom for a while, but the conductor was bound and determined to find it and throw the surfer off the train. The board ended up outside the windows, with three passengers secretly grabbing onto it through the windows. I got off the train before Mexicali, but I like to think he made it to the border.”

From Los Angeles Times

Note: The Mexicali-Guadalajara train, which stopped at dozens of cities, including Manzanillo, on its roughly 1,300-mile route, ceased operation in the 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times

Capital Maritime gave the MIT team the blueprints of the Manzanillo Express, a containership, so they could create and test a computer model of a ship retrofitted with nuclear propulsion.

From The Wall Street Journal

The MIT researchers used the computer model of the retrofitted Manzanillo Express to test the vessel’s integrity under simulated extreme conditions like sinking, flooding, extreme weather, loss of power or a fire.

From The Wall Street Journal