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Humacao

American  
[oo-mah-kou] / ˌu mɑˈkaʊ /

noun

  1. a city in E Puerto Rico.


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Born into an Army family in Kansas City, Missouri, he lived in several states before landing in Humacao, Puerto Rico at 10 years old.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2024

Ileana Rodríguez-Velez, a chemist at the University of Puerto Rico, Humacao, moved some still-viable samples of plants she is studying for their anticancer and antimicrobial activity to refrigerators at her and her mother’s houses.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 28, 2022

The donation will go toward rehabilitating and reconstructing damaged homes in Humacao, Santa Isabel, Ponce, Patillas, Arroyo and constructing new housing in Guayama.

From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2018

The organization and its partners will continue to operate satellite kitchens to feed the most vulnerable communities, including in the municipalities of Ponce, Vieques, Humacao and Naguabo.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2017

In 1825 a hurricane destroyed the towns of Patillas, Maunabo, Yabucoa, Humacao, Gurabo, and Caguas, causing much damage in other towns in the east, north, and center of the island.

From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Halstead, Murat