Saltillo

American  

[sahl-tee-yaw] / sɑlˈti jɔ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Coahuila, in northern Mexico.

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Saltillo British  

/ salˈtiʎo /

noun

1. a city in N Mexico, capital of Coahuila state: resort and commercial centre of a mining region. Pop: 698 000 (2005 est)

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Saltillo

On a recent factory shift in the northern Mexican city of Saltillo, Honduran refugee Walter Banegas extracted a steaming-hot piece of molded metal destined for a street lamp from a die-casting machine.

From Reuters ● Nov. 25, 2023

Ms Gutiérrez, a writer and researcher, said this particular item appropriated the design of garments worn by the Contla and Saltillo people, and called for compensation for indigenous communities.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2022

Hoover grew up in Saltillo, a small town about 90 miles east of Dallas.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

Butcher-block counters and Saltillo tile cover the kitchen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

Tampico was, also, ours, and Taylor had pushed his victorious army to Saltillo.

From Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California by Brantz Mayer

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