Puebla
['pweblɑ:;pju'eblə]
Definition
(noun.) a city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau.
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Examples
- General Worth was in command at Puebla until the latter end of May, when General Scott arrived. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- General Franklin Pierce had joined the army in Mexico, at Puebla, a short time before the advance upon the capital commenced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But by moving north of the mountains, and about thirty miles north of Puebla, both of these passes would have been avoided. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the 15th of May we entered the city of Puebla. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- During one of my recent visits to Mexico, bull fights were got up in my honor at Puebla and at Pachuca. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Early in May, Worth, with his division, left Perote and marched on to Puebla. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The route travelled by the army before reaching Puebla, goes over a pass in a spur of mountain coming up from the south. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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