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Acapulco
Acapulco , city (1990 pop. 515,374), Guerrero state, S Mexico, on the Pacific coast. A fashionable international seaside resort during much of the 20th cent., it became popular with Mexican vacationers beginning in the late 20th cent. Its natural harbor, surrounded by cliffs and promontories, was a base for Spanish exploration of the Pacific and was key in trade with the Philippines; the city was founded in 1550. The Spanish built (1614) the San Diego fort to guard the harbor. Today tourism and related industries dominate the economy, and workers' hill towns have expanded on its periphery. Acapulco has suffered frequent earthquake and hurricane damage. |
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"Acapulco." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Acapulco." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Acapulco.html "Acapulco." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Acapulco.html |
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Acapulco (Acapulco de Juárez), Guerrero/Mexico ‘Place where the Reeds were destroyed’ or ‘Place of Giant Reeds’ from the Nahuatl acatil pulco. The natural harbour was discovered in 1530 by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés† and a settlement founded in 1550.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Acapulco." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Acapulco." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Acapulco.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Acapulco." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Acapulco.html |
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Acapulco
Acapulco
•tacho, taco, tobacco, wacko
•blanco, Franco
•churrasco, fiasco, Tabasco
•Arco, Gran Chaco, mako
•art deco, dekko, echo, Eco, El Greco, gecko, secco
•flamenco, Lysenko, Yevtushenko
•alfresco, fresco, Ionesco
•Draco, shako
•Biko, Gromyko, pekoe, picot, Puerto Rico, Tampico
•sicko, thicko, tricot, Vico
•ginkgo, pinko, stinko
•cisco, disco, Disko, Morisco, pisco, San Francisco
•zydeco • magnifico • calico • Jellicoe
•haricot • Jericho • Mexico • simpatico
•politico • portico
•psycho, Tycho
•Morocco, Rocco, sirocco, socko
•bronco
•Moscow, roscoe
•Rothko
•coco, cocoa, loco, moko, Orinoco, poco, rococo
•osso buco • Acapulco
•Cuzco, Lambrusco
•bucko, stucco
•bunco, junco, unco
•guanaco • Monaco • turaco • Turco
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"Acapulco." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Acapulco." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Acapulco.html "Acapulco." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Acapulco.html |
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