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Al·bu·quer·que (äl′bo̵̅o̅ ker′kə)

Albuquerque, Affonso de (ə fōn′so̵̅o̅ də) 1453-1515; Port. navigator: established Port. colonies in the East
Albuquerque2 definition

Al·bu·quer·que (al′bə kʉr′kē, -byə-)

city in central N.Mex.: pop. 449,000

Etymology: after the Duke of Alburquerque, viceroy (1702-11) of New Spain: altered prob. by confusion with Affonso de Albuquerque

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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