Cananea

[ kan-uh-nee-uh, -ney-uh; Spanish kah-nah-ne-ah ]

noun

1. a city in N Mexico: copper mining and smelting.

Other Words From

• Cana·nean noun

Example Sentences

A strike also interrupted work at the Buenavista open-pit copper mine in the Cananea mining district of the northern state of Sonora from 2007 to 2010.

From Reuters

On this date in 1904, William C. Greene, owner of Greene Consolidated Copper Company of Cananea, brought in a chauffeur from New York to drive his $18,000 car.

From Washington Times

On this date in 1904, William C. Greene, owner of Greene Consolidated Copper Company of Cananea, brought in a chauffeur from New York to drive his $18,000 car.

From Washington Times

County sheriff’s officials say 20-year-old Alex Leon was turned over to their custody Monday after being captured in Cananea, Sonora by Mexican authorities.

From Washington Times

He admitted to illegally crossing into the U.S. from Mexico seven months earlier, and had worked as a municipal police officer in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico.

From Fox News