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El Paso definition

El Paso (el pas′ō)

city in westernmost Tex., on the Rio Grande: pop. 564,000

Etymology: Sp, after El Paso del Norte, ford (of the river) of the north; i.e., the Rio Grande

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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