Tejo

American

[te-zhoo] / ˈtɛ ʒʊ /

noun

Tagus.

Tejo British

/ ˈtəʒu /

noun

the Portuguese name for the Tagus

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Francis will hold a vigil with young people at Parque Tejo on Saturday evening.

From Reuters • Aug. 4, 2023

The Parque do Tejo is in one of Lisbon’s newest residential areas, which grew out of the 1998 Lisbon World Fair.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2023

“We had a tough preseason. We tried to make it nice and hard,” Tejo said.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2022

Marcos Tejo has been dealing “heads” of livestock for the Krieg Processing Plant since a virus rendered all animals toxic for human consumption.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2020

Our chief promised to return to Apache Tejo within two weeks.

From Geronimo's Story of His Life by Geronimo

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