merida
1 Americannoun
noun
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a city in and the capital of Yucatán, in SE Mexico.
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a city in W Venezuela.
noun
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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: 919 000 (2005 est)
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a city in W Venezuela: founded in 1558 by Spanish conquistadores; University of Los Andes (1785). Pop: 319 000 (2005 est)
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Latin name: Augusta Emerita. a market town in W Spain, in Extremadura, on the Guadiana River: founded in 25 bc ; became the capital of Lusitania and one of the chief cities of Iberia. Pop: 52 110 (2003 est)
Etymology
Origin of merida
Apparently after Mérida, Mexico
Example Sentences
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Britain's Katie Boulter was unable to build on a superb start as she lost to Italian top seed Jasmine Paolini in the last eight of the Merida Open.
From BBC
Britons Katie Boulter and Heather Watson are due to compete in the Merida Open in Mexico this week.
From BBC
Villca Fernández, a former student leader and Maduro opponent, still remembers when he arrived at the Helicoide in 2016 after being grabbed by the feared intelligence agents in his home city of Merida.
Washington sent some $3 billion in security aid under a 2007 bilateral agreement known as the Mérida Initiative, donating helicopters, training police and helping redesign Mexico’s notoriously broken justice system.
From Los Angeles Times
Kini lies an hour outside of Merida in a dense tropical forest.
From Los Angeles Times
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