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Yauco

American  
[you-kaw] / ˈyaʊ kɔ /

noun

  1. a city in SW Puerto Rico.


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Farther south, in the towns of Yauco and Cayey, downed trees knocked out power and rivers raged dangerously high.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2022

Yauco Mayor Angel Torres Ortiz races around his town of about 30,000 in a golf cart, meeting with his team in a trailer in the parking lot of a sports coliseum.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2020

It also authorizes building to mitigate future disasters and covers six municipalities including Ponce, Guánica and Yauco.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2020

The bulk of the earthquake damage was in the southern coastal region, from Ponce west to the municipalities of Yauco, Guayanilla, Lajas and Guanica.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2020

With the exception of encounters with the enemy at Guayama, Hormigueros, Coarno, and Yauco and an attack on a force landed at Cape San Juan, there was no serious resistance.

From Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents William McKinley, Messages, Proclamations, and Executive Orders Relating to the Spanish-American War by McKinley, William

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