Campeche
Americannoun
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a state in SE Mexico, on the peninsula of Yucatán. 19,672 sq. mi. (50,950 sq. km).
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a seaport in and the capital of this state.
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Gulf of, the SW part of the Gulf of Mexico.
noun
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a state of SE Mexico, on the SW of the Yucatán peninsula: forestry and fishing. Capital: Campeche. Pop: 205 000 (2005 est). Area: 56 114 sq km (21 666 sq miles)
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a port in SE Mexico, capital of Campeche state. Pop: 195 000 (2000 est)
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the SW part of the Gulf of Mexico
Example Sentences
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At the end of the month Tropical Storm Barry formed in Mexico's Bay of Campeche and became the first to strike land, further up the coast near Tampico.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
Another is Ilha do Campeche, an island you reach by boat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
The parasitic fly has been found recently in seven Mexican states: Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Yucatán.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025
He searched online and found lidar information from 2013 for a large area in Campeche, Mexico.
From NewsForKids.net • Oct. 30, 2024
Those whom he already had remained at Campeche.
From History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. by Means, Philip Ainsworth
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