Yucatán

[ yoo-kuh-tan; Spanish yoo-kah-tahn ]

/ ˌyu kəˈtæn; Spanish ˌyu kɑˈtɑn /

noun

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

a state in SE Mexico, in N Yucatán Peninsula. 14,868 sq. mi. (38,510 sq. km). Capital: Mérida.

Also Yu·ca·tan

[yoo-kuh-tan] /ˌyu kəˈtæn/.

Example sentences from the Web for yucatan

Evidently his subjects knew as little of Yucatan as did their ruler.

The American Egypt |Channing Arnold
This was the common and ordinary material employed for lintels in Yucatan, though in one or two instances stone was used.

The Prehistoric World |E. A. Allen
Yucatan is the happy hunting ground for the largest land lizard known to Natural History, the iguana.

The American Egypt |Channing Arnold
An indefinite number of citations bearing upon the situation in Yucatan could be given, but the following are deemed sufficient.

The War With Mexico, Volume II (of 2) |Justin H. Smith

Wherever you go in Yucatan you see these spectres of dogs: they are really nothing else.

The American Egypt |Channing Arnold

British Dictionary definitions for yucatan

Yucatán

/ (ˌjuːkəˈtɑːn, Spanish jukaˈtan) /

noun

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)

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)

Cultural definitions for yucatan

Yucatán

[ (yooh-kuh-tan, yooh-kuh-tahn) ]

Peninsula mostly in southeastern Mexico, separating the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico.

notes for Yucatán

It is the location of many Mayan ruins.

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