YUCATAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does Yucatan mean?
• YUCATAN (noun)
The noun YUCATAN has 2 senses:
1. a state of Mexico on the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula
2. a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea
Familiarity information: YUCATAN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• YUCATAN (noun)
Meaning:
A state of Mexico on the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)
Meronyms (parts of "Yucatan"):
Merida (the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan)
Meaning:
A peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Yucatan Peninsula; Yucatan
Instance hypernyms:
peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)
Holonyms ("Yucatan" is a part of...):
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)
