Acapulco

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Ac·a·pul·co

also Ac·a·pul·co de Juá·rez  (ăk′ə-po͝ol′kō də hwär′ĕs, -ĕz, wär′-, ä′kä-po͞ol′-)
A city of southern Mexico on the Pacific Ocean. It is a popular resort with a fine natural harbor surrounded by cliffs and promontories.
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Acapulco

(ˌækəˈpʊlkəʊ; Spanish akaˈpulko)
n
(Placename) a port and resort in SW Mexico, in Guerrero state. Pop: 761 000 (2005 est). Official name: Acapulco de Juárez
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A•ca•pul•co

(ˌæk əˈpʊl koʊ, ˌɑ kə-)

n.
a seaport and resort in SW Mexico, on the Pacific. 515,374.
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Noun1.Acapulco - a port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern MexicoAcapulco - a port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico; known for beaches and water sports (including cliff diving)
Acapulco de Juarez
Mexico, United Mexican States - a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
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Here, having made a good acquaintance at Manilla, he got his ship made a free ship, and the governor of Manilla hired him to go to Acapulco, on the coast of America, and gave him a licence to land there, and to travel to Mexico, and to pass in any Spanish ship to Europe with all his men.
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People talk of the transparent waters of the Mexican Bay of Acapulco, but in my own experience I know they cannot compare with those I am speaking of.
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The section from Vera Cruz to Acapulco, given by Humboldt in the Polit.
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