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TORREON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Torreon mean?
• TORREON (noun)
The noun TORREON has 1 sense:
1. a city in northern Mexico to the west of Monterrey
Familiarity information: TORREON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in northern Mexico to the west of Monterrey
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 ("Torreon" is a part of...):
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)
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