Tijuana
pronunciation
How to pronounce Tijuana in British English:
UK [ti:ˈhwɑ:nə,-nɑ:]
How to pronounce Tijuana in American English:
US [ˌtiəˈwɑnə, tiˈhwɑnɑ]
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- Noun:
- a Mexican city just south of San Diego on the Lower California peninsula; popular among American tourists for racetracks and bullfights
Word Origin
- Tijuana
- from the name of a Diegueño (Yuman) village, written Tiajuan in 1829; deformed by folk-etymology association with Spanish Tia Juana "Aunt Jane."
Example
- 1. As a result of the flight suspensions , 200 chinese citizens were stranded in mexico city and tijuana .
- 2. Police hold open the trunk of a car where six burned bodies were found in tijuana , mexico .
- 3. Packages containing marijuana are shown during a presentation to the media in tijuana , on november 16 , 2011 .
- 4. A soldier guards packages of marijuana that are being incinerated in tijuana , mexico , on october 20 , 2010 .
- 5. A soldier throws diesel fuel onto marijuana blocks before setting them on fire in tijuana , mexico , on january 28 , 2011 .