PUEBLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Puebla mean? 

• PUEBLA (noun)
  The noun PUEBLA has 1 sense:

1. a city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau

  Familiarity information: PUEBLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUEBLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza; Puebla; Puebla de Zaragoza

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Domain region:

Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)

Holonyms ("Puebla" is a part of...):

Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)

 Context examples 

Then, in 2017, scientists with the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-ray Observatory (HAWC) near Puebla, Mexico, confirmed earlier ground-based detections of a small gamma-ray halo around Geminga.

(NASA’s Fermi Mission Links Nearby Pulsar’s Gamma-ray ‘Halo’ to Antimatter Puzzle, NASA)