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

In the early 2010s, the editorial pages of the Post-Gazette and its sister publication, the Toledo Blade, also owned by the Blocks, began turning conservative after decades of being more liberal and pro-labor.

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Kadens, who grew up in Toledo, Ohio, before moving to Chicago, is tapping into what CSU President Z Scott calls students’ growing interest in self-made affluence, fueled partly by social media.

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Like many metropolitan areas, Toledo, Ohio, has seen home prices climb over the past five years.

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Toledo, Ohio, has a median home sale price just above $200,000, approximately half the national average.

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Toledo added that the mangroves are cared for by a team of local residents known as the "Guardians of the Mangroves".

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Related Words

• blade 
• dagger 
• saber