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durango

/dʊˈɹæŋɡoʊ/

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What does durango mean?

proper noun

  1. A state of Mexico.
  2. The capital city of Durango, Mexico.
  3. A city in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain.
More meanings (3)

proper noun

  1. A city, the county seat of La Plata County, Colorado, United States.
  2. A city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States.
  3. A city in Falls County, Texas, United States.

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/dʊˈɹæŋɡoʊ/

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The copper-coloured natives, or Indians, constitute an important mass of the agricultural population only in those places where the Spaniards, at the time of the Conquest, found regular governments, social communities, and ancient and very complicated institutions; as, for example, in New Spain, south of Durango; and in Peru, from Cuzco to Potosi.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322