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Tampico

American  
[tam-pee-koh, tahm-pee-kaw] / tæmˈpi koʊ, tɑmˈpi kɔ /

noun

  1. a seaport in SE Tamaulipas, in E Mexico.


Tampico British  
/ tamˈpiko /

noun

  1. a port and resort in E Mexico, in Tamaulipas on the Pánuco River: oil refining. Pop: 702 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“It was an eliminator for the title, so I pushed myself,” said Curiel, a Tampico, Tamaulipas, native.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2025

Bishop Jose Armando Alvarez from the Roman Catholic Diocese of nearby Tampico said the church roof crumbled as worshippers were receiving communion and asked others to pray for survivors.

From Reuters Oct. 2, 2023

The bishop of the diocese of Tampico, José Armando Álvarez Cano, sent a message to the community on social media saying that work was under way "to find those under the rubble".

From BBC Oct. 1, 2023

He was born Feb. 4, 1911 in Tampico, Ill.

From Washington Times Apr. 20, 2023

They, his foster parents Frank and Cora Mercer, had found him floating on an inflated rubber air-rescue raft, off the coast of New England...or had it been Mexico, near the port of Tampico?

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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