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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.

• YUCATAN (noun)

Sense 1

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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 2

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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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