Matamoros

[ mat-uh-mawr-uh s, -mohr-; Spanish mah-tah-maw-raws ]

/ ˌmæt əˈmɔr əs, -ˈmoʊr-; Spanish ˌmɑ tɑˈmɔ rɔs /

a seaport in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Brownsville, Texas.

Example sentences from the Web for matamoros

Raquel lives in a modest brick house in Progreso, Texas, a border town less than 40 miles from Matamoros.

Mexico’s Murderous SWAT Teams |Jason McGahan |November 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The mayor and Biasi are a popular topic of gossip in Matamoros.

Mexico’s Murderous SWAT Teams |Jason McGahan |November 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The public debut of the Hercules Group is a day that not many in Matamoros are likely to forget.

Mexico’s Murderous SWAT Teams |Jason McGahan |November 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The worst kept secret in Matamoros is that Biasi and Mayor Salazar are more than colleagues.

Mexico’s Murderous SWAT Teams |Jason McGahan |November 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Captain Swift was still very sick; to all appearance more feeble than when we left him at Matamoros.

Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war |Gustavus Woodson Smith
Taylor pointed guns at Matamoros for the purpose of stinging the Mexicans into hostility.

The War With Mexico, Volume I (of 2) |Justin H. Smith
Isabel, there seem to have been troops at Laredo and soldiers from Matamoros crossed the river.

The War With Mexico, Volume I (of 2) |Justin H. Smith
No difference was detected between specimens from the two sides of the tidal inlet 89 miles south of Matamoros.

Mammals Obtained by Dr. Curt von Wedel from the Barrier Beach of Tamaulipas, Mexico |E. Raymond Hall
General Bee's orderly was assaulted in Matamoros yesterday by a renegado with a six-shooter.

Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 |Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle

Matamoros

/ (ˌmætəˈmɔːrəs, Spanish mataˈmorɔs) /

a port in NE Mexico, on the Río Grande: scene of bitter fighting during the US-Mexican War; centre of a cotton-growing area. Pop: 481 000 (2005 est)