Benito juarez
Benito (Pablo)
[be-nee-taw pah-vlaw] /bɛˈni tɔ ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1806–72, president of Mexico 1857–72.
Ciudad. Ciudad Juárez.
Historical Examples
In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr
The Missourian Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
The History of Cuba, vol. 3 Willis Fletcher Johnson
Diplomatic Days Edith O’Shaughnessy
noun
short for Ciudad Juárez
noun
Benito Pablo (beˈnito ˈpaβlo). 1806–72, Mexican statesman. As president (1861–65; 1867–72) he thwarted Napoleon III’s attempt to impose an empire under Maximilian and introduced many reforms
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