Mendoza

[men-doh-zuh, men-daw-sah, -thah]

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

/ 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)

Mendoza

²

/ menˈdoθa /

noun

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

Example Sentences

“The IU football team, it’s a real team,” Hoosier quarterback Fernando Mendoza said after flattening the Niketown Waterfowl.

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Channeling a sensitive pop star, Mendoza added: “We’re not just a one-hit wonder.”

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Mendoza, a business grad student who daydreams about making commercial real estate deals, flew in from Cal.

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“Once the story was finalized, we collaborated with a Mexican writer named Alfredo Mendoza, who helped us incorporate the Nahuatl language to differentiate between the different empires since they both speak Spanish in the film,” said Meza-Leon.

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Fernando Mendoza is like most college seniors studying business.

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