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PUEBLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Puebla mean?
• PUEBLA (noun)
The noun PUEBLA has 1 sense:
1. a city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau
Familiarity information: PUEBLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza; Puebla; Puebla de Zaragoza
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Domain region:
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)
Holonyms ("Puebla" is a part of...):
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)
Context examples
Then, in 2017, scientists with the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-ray Observatory (HAWC) near Puebla, Mexico, confirmed earlier ground-based detections of a small gamma-ray halo around Geminga.
(NASA’s Fermi Mission Links Nearby Pulsar’s Gamma-ray ‘Halo’ to Antimatter Puzzle, NASA)
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