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Mérida

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Mé·ri·da  (mr-d, mr-dä)
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]
n
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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