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YUCATAN

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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.


English dictionary: Word details


YUCATAN (noun)


Sense 1Yucatan [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 2Yucatan [BACK TO TOP]

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)


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