Cerro Gor·do

(gôr′dō)

A mountain pass of southeast Mexico between Veracruz and Mexico City. It was the site of a US victory (April 18, 1847) in the Mexican War.

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Cerro Gordo

(Spanish ˈθɛrrɔ ˈɡorðo)

(Placename) a mountain pass in E Mexico, between Veracruz and Jalapa: site of a battle in the Mexican War (1847) in which American forces under General Scott decisively defeated the Mexicans

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Cer•ro Gor•do

(ˈsɛr rɔ ˈgɔr dɔ)
n.

a mountain pass in E Mexico between Veracruz and Jalapa.

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Speaker Steve Williamson will give a talk titled "Where's The Town?" on the history of the Cerro Gordo community.

Communities

There were instances, however, where local efforts to work on feasible, community-supported policy were effective at expanding service delivery, preventing exposure to drinking water contaminants, and protecting health (Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health, 2015).

Improving Safe Drinking Water Programs One Essential Service at a Time: Closing the Water Quality Gap

Earlier, it was revealed the Chapecoense players on the doomed flight which crashed on Cerro Gordo, Colombia, should never have been on the plane in the first place.

Poignant cartoon shows Chapecoense players 'arriving in heaven' following horror crash which killed entire team; The image shared on the team's Facebook page has been shared widely as the outpouring or grief continues

The Andalucian villa of El Mirador 2 de Cantarrijan looks out over the Mediterranean and the nearby Maro y Cerro Gordo nature park.

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Gavira (MGC 80250); Coin, entre Sa Alpujata y Cerro Gordo, 30SUF4103254008, 421 m, gneises, alcornocal, 15-V-2013, O.

Aportaciones a la flora de Sierra Alpujata y Sierra Blanca (Coin, Malaga)

Swansea in California was once a booming "silver town" on the eastern shore of Owens Lake and owed its success to silver-mining operations in the nearby Cerro Gordo Mines in the late 1860s.

TwinTown ghost town recalled in art project