Nueces

[ noo-ey-suh s, nyoo- ]

/ nuˈeɪ səs, nyu- /

a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.

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Examples from the Web for nueces

Madison Lane, a young cattleman from the Nueces country, won the race.
Whirligigs|O. Henry
You'll get your herd in Nueces County, and Jim will assist in the receiving.
The Outlet|Andy Adams
Last September I was two hundred miles north of here on the upper Nueces.
The Lone Star Ranger|Zane Grey
But despite them a sort of romance clings to that Nueces outlaw.
The Lone Star Ranger|Zane Grey

We rode down the banks of the Nueces, crossing and recrossing the stream.
Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches|Theodore Roosevelt