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Vinony

Albuquerque

proper noun

  1. city in New Mexico, United States
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈæl.bə.kɚ.ki/ / /ˈæl.bə.kəː.ki/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Albuquerque, from Latin albus (“white”) + quercus (“oak”) (white oak). Compare translingual Quercus alba. * (New Mexico): Borrowed from Spanish Alburquerque (a town in Spain), named after Spanish viceroy Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque (1619–1676).

  1. A surname from Spanish.
  2. The largest city in New Mexico, United States; the county seat of Bernalillo County.

    “The Trump administration is developing Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, into a “deportation hub” and considering Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque as a possible military detention site for undocumented immigrants, the New York Times reported on Feb. 21.”