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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.


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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From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

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From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

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