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Tia Juana

American  
[tee-uh wah-nuh] / ˈti ə ˈwɑ nə /

noun

  1. Tijuana.


Tia Juana British  
/ ˈtia ˈxwana, ˈtɪə ˈwɑːnə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Tijuana

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The name is not Spanish which would be "Tia Juana," but Indian "Tiwana" was the pronunciation given by the Diegueno Indians.

From Time Magazine Archive

First effect of annexation would be the extinction of Tia Juana and Agua Caliente just over the border as drinking-racing-gambling resorts for U. S. tourists.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thirty thousand people crowded about the race track at Tia Juana, Mexico�famed drinking, gambling spot for southern Californians and visitors�to witness the rich Coffroth handicap.

From Time Magazine Archive

From this signal, bending in a perfect crescent, with a silver rim, the shore sweeps around twenty-five miles to another promontory running down beyond Tia Juana to the Point of Rocks, in Mexican territory.

From Our Italy by Warner, Charles Dudley

No one must go with me but Tia Juana, no one must even know where I have gone.

From The Fifth Ace by Gage, George W.