Matamoros

The name Matamoros, meaning Moor-killer or Moor-slayer in Spanish (see Saint James the Moor-slayer), may refer to:

People

• Mariano Matamoros, a liberal priest and insurgent active during the Mexican War of Independence
• Santiago Matamoros ("St. James the Moor-killer"), name given to the Biblical James, son of Zebedee

Places

• Matamoros, Tamaulipas, also known as Heroica Matamoros, a city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas
• Matamoros–Brownsville Metropolitan Area, a transnational conurbation in the U.S.-Mexico border
• Izúcar de Matamoros, a city in the Mexican state of Puebla
• Landa de Matamoros, a city in the Mexican state of Querétaro
• Matamoros, Coahuila, a city in the Mexican state of Coahuila
• Matamoros, Chihuahua, a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua

Airports

• General Mariano Matamoros Airport, the international airport of Cuernavaca, Morelos (Mexico)

See also

• Trio Matamoros
• Matamoras (disambiguation), several places in the United States