Mercedes

American  

[mer-se-thes, mer-sey-deez, mer-see-deez, mur-si-deez] / mɛrˈsɛ ðɛs, mərˈseɪ diz, mərˈsi diz, ˈmɜr sɪˌdiz /

noun

1. a city in SW Uruguay, on the Río Negro.

2. a city in S Texas.

3. a female given name.

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Example Sentences

Mercedes Cruz looks at photos of one of her sons on her phone in Havana.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Dealers loved the Chrysler 300, which had a good amount of Mercedes hardware under the skin, but the brand struggled to adapt to a world where SUVs began to rule American roads.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

For decades, González and his wife, Mercedes Cruz, have run a popular weekly dance night in a historic social hall in one of Havana’s oldest neighborhoods, a few blocks from the Caribbean Sea.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Mercedes are - unsurprisingly - already being asked this question, given the strong position in which they have started the season.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Papa turned onto the dirt road, and soon I heard the screech-screech-screech of the low underbelly of the Mercedes scraping the bumpy, sun-baked dirt road.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie