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Torreón

American  
[tawr-re-awn] / ˌtɔr rɛˈɔn /

noun

  1. a city in N Mexico.


Torreón British  
/ tɔrrɛˈɔn /

noun

  1. an industrial city in N Mexico, in Coahuila state. Pop: 1 057 000 (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

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The Exploratorium museum will feature live telescope images of the sun from Junction, Texas, and Torreón, Mexico.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2024

Ferromex said more than 1,500 people had gathered on top of a train and inside a train depot in Torreón, from where freight services depart for a number of Mexican cities on the US border.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2023

The length of the eclipse varies by location, with the longest duration being near Torreón, Mexico at 4 minutes and 27 seconds.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2023

Moving from Torreón to Juárez in 1932, then to Tijuana in the early 1940s, the family finally settled in the Boyle Heights neighborhood in 1947.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Van Hoose saw a male at Torreón on July 2, 1955.

From Birds from Coahuila, Mexico by Urban, Emil K.

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