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Puebla

/ˈpwebla/

proper noun/ˈpwebla/

a city in Mexico; a municipality of Mexico; a state of Mexico; a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Mexico

Related: Puebla de Zaragoza

Ellipsis of Puebla de los Ángeles (literally “Town of the Angels”), from puebla (“town, village”), deverbal from poblar (“to populate”), inherited from Latin populāre.