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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Big Bendnoun

    a triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border; formed by a bend in the Rio Grande

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  1. Big Bendnoun

    An area of western Texas by the Mexican border.

  2. Big Bendnoun

    Big Bend National Park, a national park in Texas

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  1. big bend

    A big bend generally refers to a large curve or change of direction in a route, river, or geographical area. It can also refer to a specific national park in Texas, named Big Bend due to the large bend in Rio Grande River creating a natural boundary between U.S. and Mexico. The term can be used in a variety of contexts and may have different meanings depending on the geographical aspect it is referring to.

Wikidata

  1. Big Bend

    The Big Bend is a colloquial name of a geographic region in the western part of the state of Texas in the United States along the border with Mexico, roughly defined as the counties north of the prominent northward bend in the Rio Grande as it passes through the gap between the Chisos Mountains in Texas and the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico. It is sometimes loosely defined as the part of Texas south of U.S. Highway 90 and west of the Pecos River. The region is sparsely populated, arid, and rugged, containing the Chisos and the Davis Mountain ranges. The region has more than one million acres of public lands, including Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park along the north side of the Rio Grande. It is also the home of the McDonald Observatory. The largest towns in the region are Alpine, Presidio, Marfa, Sanderson, and Marathon.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of big bend in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of big bend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of big bend in a Sentence

  1. Matthew Roggow:

    What we’re experiencing right now is unprecedented for the Big Bend Sector.

  2. Matthew Roggow:

    To the migrants who are thinking about crossing in the Big Bend region, don’t do it, it’s not worth your life.

  3. Sean McGoffin:

    We do have technology, this is technology that we didn't used to have, so we're getting some of that from our headquarters component and we're really thankful for their investment in The Big Bend Sector, we're always going to need a little bit more manpower, but we're adept in this sector of doing what we have to do to make things happen.


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