Yucatán

Yu·ca·tán

 (yo͞o′kə-tăn′, -tän′)

A peninsula mostly in southeast Mexico between the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It includes many Mayan and Toltec sites and is separated from Cuba by the Yucatán Channel.

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Yucatán

(ˌjuːkəˈtɑːn; Spanish jukaˈtan)

n

1. (Placename) a state of SE Mexico, occupying the N part of the Yucatán peninsula. Capital: Mérida. Pop: 1 655 707 (2000). Area: 39 340 sq km (15 186 sq miles)

2. (Placename) a peninsula of Central America between the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, including the Mexican states of Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo, and part of Belize: a centre of Mayan civilization from about 100 bc to the 18th century. Area: about 181 300 sq km (70 000 sq miles)

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Yu•ca•tán

or Yu•ca•tan

(ˌyu kəˈtæn, -ˈtɑn)

n.

1. a peninsula in SE Mexico and N Central America comprising parts of SE Mexico, N Guatemala, and Belize.

2. a state in SE Mexico, in N Yucatán Peninsula. 1,556,622; 14,868 sq. mi. (38,510 sq. km). Cap.: Mérida.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Yucatan - a state of Mexico on the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula Merida - the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan
	2.	Yucatan - a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea Yucatan Peninsula Mexico, United Mexican States - a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810

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Translations

ولاية يوكاتان

Юкатан

Península de YucatánYucatán

Yucatán

YucatánYucatán-halvøen

Yucatán

JukatanioJukatano

Península de YucatánYucatán

Yucatán

شبه‌جزیره یوکاتانیوکاتان

Jukatanin niemimaaYucatán

Péninsule du YucatánYucatán

חצי האי יוקטן

Yucatán

Yucatán

Yucatán

ユカタン半島ユカタン州

유카탄 반도

Iucatania

JukatanasJukatano pusiasalisJukatano valstija

Yucatán

Yucatán

JukatanPółwysep Jukatan

IucatãPenínsula de Iucatã

Yucatán

Юкатан

Yucatánsky polostrov

Јукатан

Yucatánhalvön

Yucatán

Юкатан

جزیرہ نما یوکاتان