Nuevo León

American  

[nwey-voh ley-ohn, noo-ey-, nwe-vaw le-awn] / ˈnweɪ voʊ leɪˈoʊn, nuˈeɪ-, ˈnwɛ vɔ lɛˈɔn /

noun

1. a state in NE Mexico. 25,136 sq. mi. (65,102 sq. km). Monterrey.

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Nuevo León British  

/ nuːˈeɪ-, ˈnweβo leˈɔn, ˈnweɪvəʊ leɪˈəʊn /

noun

1. a state of NE Mexico: the first centre of heavy industry in Latin America. Capital: Monterrey. Pop: 3 826 240 (2000). Area: 64 555 sq km (24 925 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

She recalls crossing the border from her hometown in Monterrey, Nuevo León, in the wee hours of the morning to McAllen or Brownsville in Texas to score primo deals at the big-box stores.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

He’ll roll out a vertical spit to slow-roast a beehive of al pastor pork and a grill to sizzle up some mesquite aromatic beef tacos in the Northern Mexican tradition of Sonora and Nuevo León.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

A picnic was interrupted when a hungry black bear approached a group of visitors, mounted their table and ate their food at Mexico's Chipinque Ecological Park in the state of Nuevo León.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2023

A state civil registry official in Nuevo León, a highly industrialized state in northeast Mexico, said on Tuesday that there had been 850 heat-related deaths in the state in recent weeks.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

In 1625 Nuevo León, therefore, was again entrusted to a conquistador, when a contract similar to that of Carabajal in 1579 was made with Martín de Zavala.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene