Cuenca
Americannoun
noun
-
a city in SW Ecuador: university (1868). Pop: 311 000 (2005 est)
-
a town in central Spain: prosperous in the Middle Ages for its silver and textile industries. Pop: 47 201 (2003 est)
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“These are going to the museum down in Cuenca, Ecuador,” Auntie North said.
From Literature
They drove from the city of Cuenca to an area called Guapan.
From Literature
The airport, like the one in Cuenca, was small.
From Literature
Referee John Brooks gave a penalty for Jorge Cuenca pulling Matheus Cunha's shirt, believing it had continued into the box.
From BBC
Yet most people watching the game would have assumed it was given for Cuenca's tackle on Cunha.
From BBC
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
