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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Mendoza

Flamingo Garden Mobile Home Park resident Elena Macias, right, greets her neighbor, Mariano Silverio Mendoza, as he waters plants in front of his mobile home in Carson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

A flamingo windchime and a decorative piece of art from Guadalajara, Mexico hang in front of the entrance of the home of Flamingo Garden Mobile Home Park resident Mariano Silverio Mendoza in Carson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Halfway through a disastrous season, the Mets replaced Carlos Mendoza in the dugout.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Her brother-in-law Samuel Mendoza was looking through the pile of rubble that used to be their apartment block.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

“I’ll take you out through El Patron’s study. He’ll say you were there all the time. He thinks this is pretty amusing, but Senator Mendoza doesn’t think it’s funny at all.”

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer