cruces

cruces
/krooh"seez/, n.
a pl. of crux.

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Cuba
      city, central Cuba. Cruces is a railroad junction and commercial centre for the surrounding agricultural and pastoral lands. The area is known primarily for sugarcane, although large quantities of tobacco are also produced there. The city's principal industry is sugar refining. There are mineral springs nearby. Pop. (2002) 31,966.

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  • Cruces — is a Spanish word that is the near equivalent of the English word crosses. It may refer to: Cruces, Cuba a town in Cuba Cruces River a river in Chile Río Cruces Bridge a bridge that crosses Cruces River Cruces Gurutzeta a neighbourhood in… …   Wikipedia

  • Cruces — Administration Pays  Cuba …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cruces — es una parroquia del municipio de Oviedo, Asturias (España). Tiene una población de 1.001 habitantes (INE 2004) e incluye a las siguientes entidades de población: La Barraca, El Bosque, El Caldero, Covadonga, El Cruce, Las Cruces, Lújido, Morente …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Cruces — Cruces, Stadt und Eisenbahnknotenpunkt auf der Insel Cuba, Provinz Santa Clara, mit starker Zuckerverfrachtung und (1899) 4173 Einw …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • cruces — [kro͞o′sēz΄] n. alt. pl. of CRUX …   English World dictionary

  • Cruces — Original name in latin Cruces Name in other language Cruces, Crues, Kruses, Las Cruces, Крусес State code CU Continent/City America/Havana longitude 22.34111 latitude 80.26667 altitude 97 Population 24906 Date 2012 01 18 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Cruces — Crux Crux (kr[u^]ks), n.; pl. E. {Cruxes} ( [e^]z), L. {Cruces} (kr[udd] s[=e]z). [L., cross, torture, trouble.] Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. Dr. Sheridan. [1913 Webster] The perpetual crux of New Testament… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cruces — noun /ˈkɻusiz/ <ref name= D.com /> I attempt to find emotional or rhetorical cruces and to connect these in as graceful a way as I can manage in roughly the same number of lines as Seneca used …   Wiktionary

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