Mercedes

[ mer-se-th es for 1; mer-sey-deez for 2, 3; for 3 also mer-see-deez, mur-si-deez ]

/ mɛrˈsɛ ðɛs for 1; mərˈseɪ diz for 2, 3; for 3 also mərˈsi diz, ˈmɜr sɪˌdiz /

noun

a city in SW Uruguay, on the Río Negro.

a city in S Texas.

a female given name.

Examples from the Web for mercedes

“A guy drives up in a 2008 Mercedes, brand new,” Harry S. Connelly Jr. says in the video, according to the Times.
Are Police Stealing People’s Property?|Joan Blades, Matt Kibbe|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That serves as shorthand for Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Porsche.
Nationalism on Four Wheels|Clive Irving|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Stanley Cohen, a lawyer representing Mercedes Haeffer, one of the defendants in the PayPal14 case, was less diplomatic.
Hacktivists: Glenn Greenwald Is a Sellout!|Jacob Siegel|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the way, we found ourselves wedged in traffic between a couple of Mercedes Benzes and a shiny new Jaguar.
A Woman Blogger’s Scoop Helped Save Tunisia From Islamists|Thomas A. Bass|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

So, you see kids partying in a mansion, lounging in a pool, driving a Mercedes—all the standard rap video tropes.
Spike Jonze’s 13 Best Music Videos: Beastie Boys, Kanye West, Fatboy Slim, and More|Marlow Stern|December 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
John Hughson took his rejection rather sullenly, and Mercedes was more than ever alone in the old house.
Pirate Gold|Frederic Jesup Stimson
He is at the bottom of everything that I feel as strange and altered in Mercedes.
Tante|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
How far, and in what manner, these qualities availed him in his suit with Mercedes, will appear in our subsequent pages.
Mercedes of Castile|J. Fenimore Cooper
Mercedes screamed, cried, laughed, and manifested the chaotic abandonment of hysteria.
The Call of the Wild|Jack London
Her French was correct, but Mercedes often made playful sallies at the expense of her accent.
Tante|Anne Douglas Sedgwick

Word Origin and History for mercedes

Mercedes

fem. proper name, from Spanish, abbreviation of Maria de las Mercedes "Mary of the Mercies," from plural of merced "mercy, grace," from Latin mercedem (nominative merces); see mercy.

Mercedes

noun

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Word Origin and History for mercedes

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