Tuxtla Gutiérrez

[ toos-tlah goo-tyer-res ]

noun
  1. a city in and the capital of Chiapas, in SE Mexico.

  • Also called Tuxtla.

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How to use Tuxtla Gutiérrez in a sentence

  • Leonela told the Blade that she planned to ask for asylum in Mexico and wanted to go to Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the capital of Mexico’s Chiapas state, to find work.

  • He swore that, unless God decreed otherwise, we should reach Tuxtla Gutierrez by the promised date.

    In Indian Mexico (1908) | Frederick Starr
  • Nowhere do I know of any road which, under the best of circumstances, seems as long as the last stretch before Tuxtla Gutierrez.

    In Indian Mexico (1908) | Frederick Starr
  • One subject examined at Tuxtla Gutierrez was a woman some sixty years of age.

    In Indian Mexico (1908) | Frederick Starr
  • We struck out over a fine mountain road, passable for carts all the way to Tuxtla Gutierrez, the capital of the state.

    In Indian Mexico (1908) | Frederick Starr

British Dictionary definitions for Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Tuxtla Gutiérrez

/ (Spanish ˈtustla ɡuˈtjɛrrɛθ) /


noun
  1. a city in SE Mexico, capital of Chiapas state: agricultural centre. Pop: 723 000 (2005 est)

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