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A city of southeast Mexico on the Yucatán Peninsula. It was founded in 1542 on the site of a ruined Mayan city. Population: 734,000.

Mérida (Spanish) [ˈmeriða]

1. (Placename) a city in SE Mexico, capital of Yucatán state: founded in 1542 on the site of the ancient Mayan city of T'ho; centre of the henequen industry; university. Pop.: 660 848 (2000)

2. (Placename) a city in W Venezuela: founded in 1558 by Spanish conquistadores; University of Los Andes (1785). Pop.: 230 101 (2000 est.)

3. (Placename) a market town in W Spain, in Estremadura, on the Guadiana River: founded in 25 bc; became the capital of Lusitania and one of the chief cities of Iberia. Pop.: 49 830 (1991) Latin name Augusta Emerita

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Bolívar Yucatán			Founded in 1542 by a native of Salamanca, Francisco de Montejo, it is said that the ruins of what had clearly been an architecturally splendid Maya site were comparable to the Roman vestiges of Spanish Merida, named in memory of Emerita Augusta. MERIDA: FIRST PLACE IN CULTURE by Mendez, Maria Teresa Mezquita / Americas (English Edition)			emergency lane emergency locator beacon emergency medical technician emergency medicine emergency nuclear risk emergency priority emergency procedure emergency relocation site emergency repair emergency resupply emergency risk (nuclear) emergency road service emergency room emergency service emergency stop emergency substitute emergency ward emergency-essential employee emergent emergent evolution Emergent year emerging emerging market Emeril emerita Emerita Augusta Emerited emeritus Emerods emersed emersion Emerson emery emery board emery cloth emery paper emery rock emery stone emery wheel Emeside emesis emesis basin emetic Emetical emetine Emeto-cathartic emetology Emetrol Emeu Emeute EMF			Emerging Technologies, Inc Emerging Technology Emerging Technology Advisory Service Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee Emerging Technology Partnership Emerging Technology Venture Conference Emerging themes in epidemiology Emerging Threat Tactics Team Emerging Topics in Biogeochemical Cycles Emerging Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year Award Emerging Trends in Information and Communication Security Emerging Trends in Visual Computing Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders Emerging Writers Network Emerging Young Artist Awards EMERGSAT Emeric Pressburger Emeric Pressburger Emeric Thököly Emerich Kálmán Emerich, Prince Thokoly Emeril Emeril Lagasse Emeril Lagasse Emerin emerita Emerita Augusta emeritae emeritas Éméritat Emerited emeriti emeritus emeritus Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association Emeritus Certified Cost Consultant Emeritus Certified Cost Engineer Emeritus Professor Emeritus Professor Emeritus Professor emeritus staff Emerod Emerod Emerod Emerods Emerods Emerods EMERP EMERS emerse emersed emersion emersion Emerson Emerson Emerson (diismabiguation) Emerson (diismabiguation)

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Mérida (redirected from Emerita Augusta)

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