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Mendoza

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Men·do·za  (mn-dz, -sä)
A city of western Argentina east-northeast of Santiago, Chile. Founded c. 1560, it was part of Chile until 1776. Population: 110,000.
Mendoza [mɛnˈdəʊzə (Spanish) menˈdoθa]
n
(Placename) a city in W central Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierra de los Paramillos: largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1861; commercial centre of an intensively cultivated irrigated region; University of Cuyo (1939). Pop.: 119 681 (1999 est.)
Mendoza2
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(Biographies / Mendoza, Pedro de (death date: 1537) M, Spanish, MILITARY: soldier, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer) Pedro de (ˈpeðro de). died 1537, Spanish soldier and explorer; founder of Buenos Aires (1536)


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I believe it would not have been always comfortable to know Mendoza outside of his books; he was rather a terrible person; he was one of the Spanish invaders of Italy, and is known in Italian history as the Tyrant of Sierra.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
In honour of the Marquess de Mendoza, then viceroy of Peru--under whose auspices the navigator sailed--he bestowed upon them the name which denoted the rank of his patron, and gave to the world on his return a vague and magnificent account of their beauty.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
With another Mendoza the salt is spilt on his table, and gloom is spilt over his heart, as if nature was obliged to give warning of coming misfortunes by means of such trivial things as these.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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