city in N Mexico, on the Rio Grande, opposite Laredo, Tex.: pop. 218,000
See Nuevo Laredo in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(no͝o-āˈvō lə-rāˈdō, nwĕˈvō lä-rĕˈdō)
A city of northeast Mexico across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas. Founded in 1755, it was part of Laredo until the end of the Mexican War in 1848. Population: 348,000.