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Tijuana

American  
[tee-uh-wah-nuh, tee-hwah-nah] / ˌti əˈwɑ nə, tiˈʰwɑ nɑ /

noun

  1. a city in NW Mexico, on the Mexico-U.S. border.


Tijuana British  
/ tiˈxwana, tiːˈwɑːnə /

noun

  1. a city in NW Mexico, in Baja California (Norte). Pop: 1 570 000 (2005 est)

"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

Tijuana Cultural  
  1. City in Baja California Norte state, in northwestern Mexico just south of the California border near San Diego.


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The city is popular among American tourists for its racetracks and bullfights.

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After years working on his own and with his wife, the singer Lani Hall, Alpert revived the Tijuana Brass name in 2024 and launched a tour that will stop Sunday night at the Hollywood Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

It also landed another no-bid federal contract last August to test its technology on the sewage-choked Tijuana River in San Diego County, California.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Travel restrictions were eased for the game in Seattle, allowing them to arrive two days early, but they had to return to Tijuana after the match.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Their World Cup training base was switched from Arizona to Tijuana in Mexico before the tournament began, and they faced travel restrictions throughout.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

With eight other Mexicans he did not know, he crawled through a sewer tunnel that started in Tijuana and ended on the other side of the border, in what Mexicans call El Norte.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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