San Luis Potosí
Americannoun
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a state in central Mexico. 24,415 sq. mi. (63,235 sq. km).
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the capital of this state.
noun
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a state of central Mexico: mainly high plateau; economy based on mining (esp silver) and agriculture. Capital: San Luis Potosí. Pop: 927 000 (2005 est). Area: 62 849 sq km (24 266 sq miles)
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an industrial city in central Mexico, capital of San Luis Potosí state, at an altitude of 1850 m (6000 ft). Pop: 628 134 (2000 est)
Example Sentences
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Most of the film’s exterior shots were set in San Luis Potosí, coincidentally the same city where Prieto’s ancestors resided.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024
But abuses continued, after Mexican authorities revealed that a pro-company union actually stole a ballot box in a contract vote at another plant, a Goodyear tire facility in the northern state of San Luis Potosí.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023
BMW in February announced that it would build electric vehicles in San Luis Potosí, where it already has a large manufacturing operation.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023
Oh, and the party’s governor-elect in San Luis Potosí, Ricardo Gallardo Carmona, is under investigation by federal authorities for alleged money laundering and illicit enrichment.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2021
San Luis Potosí and Southern Coahuila.—For some time the region of Charcas, now called San Luis Potosí, was a sort of No-man's-land between the westward, eastward, and northward moving columns of frontiersmen.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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