Well attestedIndirect, via a person or title
Juarez
noun · first attested 20th century
A border city named for a president lends its name onward.
Of or from Ciudad Juarez, on the Mexican border.
31.6685°N -106.4200°W · Q26590
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- Relationship
- Indirect, via a person or title
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Ciudad Juarez
- In English
Juarez
Ciudad Juarez was renamed in 1888 for Benito Juarez. The city's name now attaches to things associated with the border.
Mexico
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