Tacubaya

[ tah-koo-vah-yah ]

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noun

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

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At midnight, the troops abandoned their quarters, and proceeded in silence along the causeway that led to Tacubaya.

There was nothing to disturb the monotony that now reigned but cabs or omnibuses on their way to or returning from Tacubaya.

The new house which Don Manuel has built at Tacubaya is decidedly the finest palace in the republic.

On the 7th of September I received orders to move the company, its train, and the general engineer train of the army to Tacubaya.

Hence Tacubaya, a strong village overawing Chapultepec, became the key point of the whole operation.

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