Tacubaya

American  

[tah-koo-vah-yah] / ˌtɑ kuˈvɑ yɑ /

noun

1. a former city in the Federal District of Mexico: now a SW district of Mexico City; national observatory.

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Example Sentences

Swish-Swish In Dolores Cemetery, Tacubaya, Mexico, a white ghost made off with a tombstone, was surprised by a grave watchman.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Tacubaya Observatory, Astronomer Guillermo Haro patiently explained over & over that there was nothing to fear, that the comet would soon disappear.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a precaution against the apprehended attempts upon his life, Salas retired on the 25th of October from the capital to Tacubaya.

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 Mayer, Brantz

Those works were within direct gun-shot of the village of Tacubaya, and, until carried, we could not approach the city on the west without making a circuit too wide and too hazardous.

From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand

The debate continued so long, however, that the congress at Panama adjourned to Tacubaya before the representatives from the United States appeared.

From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by Burgess, John William