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MAQUILADORA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("maquiladora" is a kind of...):
assembly plant (a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
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