Acapulco
pronunciation
How to pronounce Acapulco in British English:
UK [ˌækəˈpulkəu]
How to pronounce Acapulco in American English:
US [ˌækəˈpʊlko, ˌɑkɑˈpulkɔ]
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- Noun:
- a port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico; known for beaches and water sports (including cliff diving)
Word Origin
- Acapulco
- in full, Acapulco de Juarez, resort town in western Mexico, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) acapulco "place of the large canes," from aca(tl) "cane (plant)" + -pul "large" + -co "place." Acapulco gold as the name of a local grade of potent marijuana is attested from 1965.
Example
- 1. A soldier stands next to marijuana being incinerated at a military base in acapulco , on december 8 , 2011 .
- 2. Drug violence surged in the coastal resort last year , making acapulco the second most deadly city in mexico after juarez .
- 3. The body of a man with his hands tied behind his back lies on the ground in the pacific resort city of acapulco , mexico .
- 4. Tourism accounts for some 9 percent of mexico 's economy and about 70 percent of the output of acapulco 's state of guerrero .
- 5. Mr castaeda tracks the growing middle-class from its condos in acapulco to its teenage facebook accounts ( more than half of young mexicans are signed up ) .