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Mendoza

American  
[men-doh-zuh, men-daw-sah, -thah] / mɛnˈdoʊ zə, mɛnˈdɔ sɑ, -θɑ /

noun

  1. Pedro de 1487–1537, Spanish soldier and explorer: founder of the first colony of Buenos Aires 1536?.

  2. a city in W central Argentina.


Mendoza 1 British  
/ menˈdoθa, mɛnˈdəʊzə /

noun

  1. a city in W central Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierra de los Paramillos: largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1861; commercial centre of an intensively cultivated irrigated region; University of Cuyo (1939). Pop: 1 072 000 (2005 est)

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Mendoza 2 British  
/ menˈdoθa /

noun

  1. Pedro de (ˈpeðro de). died 1537, Spanish soldier and explorer; founder of Buenos Aires (1536)

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Unless Snead and his scouts have identified a sleeper pick, this year’s draft class is not brimming with top quarterback prospects other than Fernando Mendoza.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s when quarterback Fernando Mendoza dropped back to pass, absorbed a hit and floated a ball toward receiver Omar Cooper at the back of the end zone.

From The Wall Street Journal

If elected, Mendoza and Sullivan would be the first women Marine veterans in Congress.

From Salon

The four women, all Democrats, formed a fast friendship and started a Signal group chat that Mendoza named the “Hell Cats,” a reference to the first women Marines who served in World War I.

From Salon

Mendoza, who grew up in a rural farming community before serving in the Marines, said she retired from the military after having her son.

From Salon