Cuenca
Americannoun
noun
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a city in SW Ecuador: university (1868). Pop: 311 000 (2005 est)
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a town in central Spain: prosperous in the Middle Ages for its silver and textile industries. Pop: 47 201 (2003 est)
Example Sentences
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The VAR spent time working out a possible offside offence against Cuenca, but Chukwueze looked more obviously offside.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026
Samuel Chukwueze was ruled offside by the narrowest of margins when he prodded Jimenez's free-kick to Cuenca.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
As an example, Cuenca sits at 8,400 feet above sea level.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025
When Salon spoke with microbiologist Luis Andrés Yarzábal, an associate professor at the Universidad Católica de Cuenca in Ecuador, he was indeed careful to avoid sensationalizing the problem.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2025
They drove from the city of Cuenca to an area called Guapan.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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