Men·do·za (m n-d  z , -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]
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(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.)
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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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