Cerro Gordo: Meaning and Definition of

Cer•ro Gor•do

Pronunciation: (ser'rô gôr'dô), [key]
  1. a mountain pass in E Mexico between Veracruz and Jalapa: defeat of Mexican troops by U.S. troops 1847.
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