pedro de mendoza

[men-doh-zuh; Sp. men-daw-sah or, for 1, -thah]

Men·do·za

[men-doh-zuh; Sp. men-daw-sah or, for 1, -thah]
noun
1.
Pe·dro de [pe-thraw the] , 1487–1537, Spanish soldier and explorer: founder of the first colony of Buenos Aires 1536?.
2.
a city in W central Argentina. 596,796.
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Pedro de Mendoza

Spanish soldier and explorer, the first governor of the Rio de la Plata region of Argentina and founder of Buenos Aires

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