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ACAPULCO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico; known for beaches and water sports (including cliff diving)
Synonyms:
Acapulco; Acapulco de Juarez
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Acapulco" is a part of...):
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)