Mendoza

American  

[men-doh-zuh, men-daw-sah, -thah] / mɛnˈdoʊ zə, mɛnˈdɔ sɑ, -θɑ /

noun

1. Pedro de 1487–1537, Spanish soldier and explorer: founder of the first colony of Buenos Aires 1536?.

2. a city in W central Argentina.

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Mendoza ¹ British  

/ menˈdoθa, mɛnˈdəʊzə /

noun

1. a city in W central Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierra de los Paramillos: largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1861; commercial centre of an intensively cultivated irrigated region; University of Cuyo (1939). Pop: 1 072 000 (2005 est)

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Mendoza ² British  

/ menˈdoθa /

noun

1. Pedro de (ˈpeðro de). died 1537, Spanish soldier and explorer; founder of Buenos Aires (1536)

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Example Sentences

In next month’s NFL draft, they have the No. 1 draft pick, which they’re all but certain to use on Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza.

From The Wall Street Journal

But this draft is viewed as light on elite passers beyond Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza, who is widely expected to go No. 1 to the Las Vegas Raiders.

From The Wall Street Journal

That’s when Fernando Mendoza made the biggest play of his life.

From The Wall Street Journal

They hold the No. 1 pick in the draft, which is widely expected to be used on Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza.

From The Wall Street Journal

Unless Snead and his scouts have identified a sleeper pick, this year’s draft class is not brimming with top quarterback prospects other than Fernando Mendoza.

From Los Angeles Times