Yucatán
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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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| 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 SeaMexico, United Mexican States - a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810 |
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ولاية يوكاتان
Юкатан
Península de YucatánYucatán
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YucatánYucatán-halvøen
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JukatanioJukatano
Península de YucatánYucatán
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شبهجزیره یوکاتانیوکاتان
Jukatanin niemimaaYucatán
Péninsule du YucatánYucatán
חצי האי יוקטן
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ユカタン半島ユカタン州
유카탄 반도
Iucatania
JukatanasJukatano pusiasalisJukatano valstija
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JukatanPółwysep Jukatan
IucatãPenínsula de Iucatã
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Yucatánsky polostrov
Јукатан
Yucatánhalvön
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جزیرہ نما یوکاتان