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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

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.

Then in the lower left-hand corner, were the words: "Representing the Fortunatus Syndicate, of Tia Juana, Mexico."

From Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California by Standish, Burt L.

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