Nueces

[ noo-ey-suhs, nyoo- ]

noun

1. a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.

Example Sentences

Part of the dispute was where Texas claimed to draw its border, at the Nueces or the Rio Grande, which would give it an additional 150 miles of territory.

From Washington Post

That our Congress understood the boundary of Texas to extend beyond the Nueces.

From Project Gutenberg

He tells us it went beyond the Nueces, but he does not tell us it went to the Rio Grande.

From Project Gutenberg

The country from the Nueces to the Rio Grande was a wild but fertile stretch, given over to the sheep and cattle ranches.

From Project Gutenberg

On the other side of the Nueces is "Oakville," a45 miserable settlement, consisting of about twenty wooden huts.

From Project Gutenberg

Hubbs (1957:93) pointed out that the Ro Grande-Nueces divide also limits a large number of species of fish.

From Project Gutenberg