Matamoros

Ma·ta·mo·ros  (mt-môrs, mätä-mrs)

A city of northeast Mexico near the mouth of the Rio Grande opposite Brownsville, Texas. It was captured by Zachary Taylor's forces in 1846 during the Mexican War. Population: 423,000.

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Matamoros [ˌmætəˈmɔːrəs (Spanish) mataˈmorɔs]

n

(Placename) a port in NE Mexico, on the Río Grande: scene of bitter fighting during the US-Mexican War; centre of a cotton-growing area. Pop.: 370 000 (2000 est.)

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Matamoros - a city in northeastern Mexico opposite Brownsville near the mouth of the Rio Grande Mexico, United Mexican States - a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810