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Definition of Albuquerque

1. Noun. The largest city in New Mexico; located in central New Mexico on the Rio Grande river.

Definition of Albuquerque

1. Proper noun. Largest city in New Mexico, USA ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Albuquerque

Literary usage of Albuquerque

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Albuquerque followed up this success by sailing in person for Malacca, where he arrived in June, 1511. A few Portuguese had already been allowed to settle ..."

2. The History of Modern Europe: And a View of the Progress of Society from the by William Russell (1837)
"While this usurper was occupied on the AD continent, Albuquerque appeared ... Albuquerque, whose ambition was boundless, attempted next to establish the ..."

3. A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and by William Tooke, William Beloe, Robert Nares (1798)
"Albuquerque being recovered, went to fea with twenty-three ... and Albuquerque entered Goa the following day, being the i6th of Feb. 1510. ..."

4. History of New Mexico: Its Resources and People by George B. Anderson, Pacific States Publishing Co (1907)
"Albuquerque Hotel and Opera House Company, Albuquerque, February II, ... Albuquerque Irrigating and Ditch Improvement Company, Albuquerque, January 9, 1886, ..."

5. The Life of Ferdinand Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the Globe by Francis Henry Hill Guillemard (1890)
"The trial was a most bitter one for him, and the differences in which he soon found himself involved with Albuquerque were not without excuse. ..."

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