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

The stage collapsed in a suburb of Monterrey, in the state of Nuevo León, during an event attended by the progressive candidate Jorge Álvarez Máynez and other members of the Citizens’ Movement party.

From New York Times • May 23, 2024

“A really beautiful memory I have of my dad was watching ‘Dragon Ball’ together,” said Guzmán, who spoke to me from his home in Monterrey, Nuevo León.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2024

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

Nuevo León, Kingdom of, Tlascaltecan Indians as colonists in, 60; extent of, 60; development under Carabajal, 60, 61; administration of Montemayor, 61; conflicts with Nueva Vizcaya, 61; frontier, 247; Zavala's rule, 247.

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