Toledo

[tuh-lee-doh, taw-le-thaw]

noun

plural

Toledos 

1. Francisco de c1515–84?, Spanish administrator: viceroy of Peru 1569–81.

2. a port in NW Ohio, on Lake Erie.

3. a city in central Spain, on the Tagus River: the capital of Spain under the Romans.

4. a sword or sword blade of finely tempered steel, a formerly made in Toledo, Spain.

Toledo

noun

1. Ancient name: Toletum. a city in central Spain, on the River Tagus: capital of Visigothic Spain, and of Castile from 1087 to 1560; famous for steel and swords since the first century. Pop: 72 549 (2003 est)

2. an inland port in NW Ohio, on Lake Erie: one of the largest coal-shipping ports in the world; transportation and industrial centre; university (1872). Pop: 308 973 (2003 est)

3. a fine-tapered sword or sword blade

Toledo

1. Industrial city in northwestern Ohio.

Example Sentences

Daniels: That was really about the alliteration of the Toledo Truth Teller.

From Los Angeles Times

Twenty years later, Daniels and his co-creator, Michael Koman, ponder a similar notion regarding one paper: The Toledo Truth Teller, an Ohio daily with a storied legacy.

From Salon

The newspaper at hand is the Toledo Truth Teller, sharing space with the toilet paper division.

From Los Angeles Times

After another union member named Fred Anderson was struck and killed by a remote-controlled train near Toledo that September, Brown reached out to Esterly personally and asked to pass along his regrets to Anderson’s family.

From Salon

She was mentored by Toledo and now works alongside her at 823 Tattoo Studio.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• blade 
• dagger 
• saber