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Mon·te·rey (mänt′ə rā′)

city on the coast of central Calif.: former capital (until 1846) of Calif. region: pop. 30,000

Etymology: < Sp Puerto de Monterrey, lit., port of Monterrey, after the viceroy of New Spain (1602)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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