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Mendoza

[ men-doh-zuh; Spanish men-daw-sah -thah ]

noun

  1. Pe·dro de [pe, -, th, r, aw , th, e], 1487–1537, Spanish soldier and explorer: founder of the first colony of Buenos Aires 1536?.
  2. a city in W central Argentina.


Mendoza

1

/ menˈdoθa /

noun

  1. MendozaPedro de1537MSpanishMILITARY: soldierTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Pedro de (ˈpeðro de). died 1537, Spanish soldier and explorer; founder of Buenos Aires (1536)


Mendoza

2

/ mɛnˈdəʊzə; menˈdoθa /

noun

  1. a city in W central Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierra de los Paramillos: largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1861; commercial centre of an intensively cultivated irrigated region; University of Cuyo (1939). Pop: 1 072 000 (2005 est)

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Mendoza, who had recently been demoted to Vice Minster of Justice, resolved to go in and get Escobar on his own.

One contractor even said to Mendoza, "We are not going to build a cage with the lion already inside."

On Escobar's order, Popeye took Mendoza hostage in the warden's house while Escobar tried to figure his way out of the bind.

Mendoza then approached Colombian contractors, but they were far too intimidated by the ever-present menace of Escobar.

Mendoza decided the only effective solution was to build a new prison—a real prison.

Today we did not proceed further than Mendoza (twelve miles), a still more insignificant place than St. Anna.

On the top of the mountain (Alta da Serra, sixteen miles from Mendoza) we found a venda.

Having been shown to his room, Frank decided to accept Mendoza's invitation.

For a moment Mendoza stood staring in a surprised and bewildered way.

This group of islands had been discovered in 1595 by Mendoza, and visited by Cook in 1774.

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