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cerro gordo

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Cer⋅ro Gor⋅do

[ser-raw gawr-daw]
–noun
a mountain pass in E Mexico between Veracruz and Jalapa: defeat of Mexican troops by U.S. troops 1847.
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Cerro Gor·do   (gôr'dō)   
A mountain pass of southeast Mexico between Veracruz and Mexico City. It was the site of a U.S. victory (April 18, 1847) in the Mexican War.
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