Tabasco

¹

[tuh-bas-koh]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for a pungent condiment sauce prepared from the fruit of a variety of capsicum.

Tabasco

²

[tuh-bas-koh, tah-bahs-kaw]

noun

1. a state in southeastern Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9,783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Villahermosa.

Tabasco

¹

/ təˈbæskəʊ /

noun

1. a very hot red sauce made from matured capsicums

Tabasco

²

/ taˈβasko /

noun

1. a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche: mostly flat and marshy with extensive jungles; hot and humid climate. Capital: Villahermosa. Pop: 1 889 367 (2000). Area: 24 661 sq km (9520 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The alleged leader of La Barredora, a former security chief in Tabasco, is now imprisoned in Mexico after being arrested as a fugitive in Paraguay.

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The parasitic fly has been found recently in seven Mexican states: Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Yucatán.

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In February, at least 41 people died in an accident involving a bus in southern Mexico, the government in the state of Tabasco said.

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In February, dozens of people died in a bus crash in Tabasco in southern Mexico.

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Ramírez, 55, said they were then driven by Mexican authorities more than 700 miles south, and eventually released at a migrant shelter in the city of Villahermosa, in Tabasco state.

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