Mendoza

[ men-doh-zuh; Spanish men-daw-sah -thah ]

noun

1. Pe·dro de [pe, -, th, r, aw , th, e], 1487–1537, Spanish soldier and explorer: founder of the first colony of Buenos Aires 1536?.
2. a city in W central Argentina.

Mendoza

¹

/ menˈdoθa; mɛnˈdəʊzə /

noun

1. 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: 1 072 000 (2005 est)

Mendoza

²

/ menˈdoθa /

noun

1. MendozaPedro de1537MSpanishMILITARY: soldierTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Pedro de (ˈpeðro de). died 1537, Spanish soldier and explorer; founder of Buenos Aires (1536)

Example Sentences

Mendoza, a 19-year veteran of the force, had a knack for finding herself in the middle of disaster.

From Washington Post

Also in that category are catcher Israel Pineda, shortstop Jackson Cluff and first baseman Drew Mendoza.

From Washington Post

Mendoza, 23, has flashed his power-hitting potential since the 2019 draft.

From Washington Post

Remember, Scialabba prefaced this all by calling Antuna, Cluff, Mendoza and Pineda “A-ball type players.”

From Washington Post

Mendoza, a second-round pick in 2019, was a three-year third baseman at Florida State.

From Washington Post

Mendoza, who had recently been demoted to Vice Minster of Justice, resolved to go in and get Escobar on his own.

From The Daily Beast

One contractor even said to Mendoza, "We are not going to build a cage with the lion already inside."

From The Daily Beast

On Escobar's order, Popeye took Mendoza hostage in the warden's house while Escobar tried to figure his way out of the bind.

From The Daily Beast

Mendoza then approached Colombian contractors, but they were far too intimidated by the ever-present menace of Escobar.

From The Daily Beast

Mendoza decided the only effective solution was to build a new prison—a real prison.

From The Daily Beast

Today we did not proceed further than Mendoza (twelve miles), a still more insignificant place than St. Anna.

From Project Gutenberg

On the top of the mountain (Alta da Serra, sixteen miles from Mendoza) we found a venda.

From Project Gutenberg

Having been shown to his room, Frank decided to accept Mendoza's invitation.

From Project Gutenberg

For a moment Mendoza stood staring in a surprised and bewildered way.

From Project Gutenberg

This group of islands had been discovered in 1595 by Mendoza, and visited by Cook in 1774.

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