Tamaulipas

American  

[tah-mou-lee-pahs] / ˌtɑ maʊˈli pɑs /

noun

1. a state in NE Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. 30,731 sq. mi. (79,595 sq. km). Ciudad Victoria.

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Tamaulipas British  

/ tamauˈlipas /

noun

1. a state of NE Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico. Capital: Ciudad Victoria. Pop: 2 747 114 (2000). Area: 79 829 sq km (30 822 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Roadblocks were also reported in the Pacific resort of Puerto Vallarta and the Gulf state of Tamaulipas on the border with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

The 50 trucks destroyed by the prosecutor's office on Monday were all seized in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2024

Lozano, the daughter of Rubén Lozano and Yadira Rodríguez, natives of Tamaulipas, Mexico, earned her associate degree in 2021 from LBJ High School’s innovative biotechnology and science academy amid her boxing training.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024

Now Dallain wants to expand iACT’s work to Matamoros, where the winding Rio Grande separates Mexico from Brownsville, Texas, at the eastern edge of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

From Tamaulipas, the northeasternmost state in the Mexican Republic, 146 kinds of mammals, belonging to 72 genera, are here reported.

From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul