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Vallejo

American  
[vuh-ley-oh, -hoh, vah-ye-haw] / vəˈleɪ oʊ, -hoʊ, vɑˈjɛ hɔ /

noun

  1. César 1895–1938, Peruvian poet.

  2. Mariano Guadalupe 1808–90, military and political leader in California, serving the Mexican government until 1846; elected senator to the first state legislature 1849.

  3. a city in western California, on San Pablo Bay, northeast of San Francisco.


Vallejo British  
/ -ˈleɪhəʊ, baˈʎɛxo, vəˈleɪəʊ /

noun

  1. César ( Abraham ) (ˈsesar). 1892–1938, Peruvian poet, living in France and Spain from 1923: noted for his experimental style in such works as Trilce (1922)

"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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Vallejo has since taken to social media to defend his comments, stating on X that they have been "taken out of context" and he was referring to Carvalho specifically, rather than all female umpires.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

In the men's draw, Cameron Norrie - Britain's only seeded player - will play Paraguay's Adolfo Daniel Vallejo.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Authorities said the couple was from Vallejo but were living in the trailer at the time of their daughter’s death.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

In the produce aisle, Jose Zamora said he wouldn’t mind a studio—it would spare him a 50-mile round-trip daily commute from Vallejo, where he lives with his parents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The first is that of Carigara, where there are six priests, namely, Juan de Avila, Juan de la Rea, Pedro Carlos Cristobal de Lara, Andres Vallejo, and Antonio de Abarca.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Bourne, Edward Gaylord

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