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MONTERREY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Monterrey mean?
• MONTERREY (noun)
The noun MONTERREY has 1 sense:
1. an industrial city in northeastern Mexico
Familiarity information: MONTERREY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An industrial city in northeastern Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Monterrey" is a part of...):
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)
Context examples
Its capital is Monterrey.
(Nuevo Leon, NCI Thesaurus)
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