Querétaro: Meaning and Definition of

Que•ré•ta•ro

Pronunciation: (ke-re'tä-rô"), [key]
— n.
  1. a state in central Mexico. 618,000; 4432 sq. mi. (11,480 sq. km).
  2. a city in and the capital of this state, in the SW part: republican forces executed Emperor Maximilian here 1867. 150,226.
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