Jalapa

American  

[hah-lah-pah] / hɑˈlɑ pɑ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Veracruz, in E Mexico.

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Jalapa British  

/ xaˈlapa /

noun

1. a city in E central Mexico, capital of Veracruz State, at an altitude of 1427 m (4681 ft): resort. Pop: 525 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

JALAPA, Guatemala — They climbed the terraced hillside in single file, their machetes tapping the stones along the darkened footpath.

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In her area, Jalapa, a region of rippled hills, rutted roads and a cowboy culture, men go around on horseback with holstered pistols, their faces shaded by wide-brimmed hats.

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Insulated from Guatemala’s larger cities, Jalapa is a concentrated version of the gender inequality that fuels the femicide crisis, experts say.

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“It’s stark,” said Mynor Carrera, who served as dean of the Jalapa campus of the nation’s largest university for 25 years.

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Of the several dozen complaints the Jalapa authorities receive each week, about half involve violence against women.

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