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Cancún

American  
[kan-koon, kahng-koon] / kænˈkun, kɑŋˈkun /

noun

  1. an island off NE Quintana Roo territory, on the Yucatán Peninsula, in SE Mexico: beach resort.


Cancún British  
/ kaːnˈkuːn /

noun

  1. a coastal resort in SE Mexico on the Yucatán Peninsula. Pop: 457 000 (2004 est)

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The juvenile arrived on a flight from Cancún, Mexico, on Delta Air Lines Flight 614 on July 16 at 9:45 p.m., the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

“There’s only a few places you can go with $3,500 for two people, and that’s going to be Cancún, Jamaica or Punta Cana,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Her ex-husband took his younger girlfriend to Cancún.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2025

In February, organisers announced the festival's location as Isla Mujeres, an island off Cancún.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025

From Cancún, she’d make her way eventually to the island of Culebra in Puerto Rico, where there were loads of Americans who never showed their passports to anyone.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

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