Cancún

American

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

noun

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

Cancún British

/ kaːnˈkuːn /

noun

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

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Moreno used his own bonus to pay for 25 family members to join him on a celebratory trip to Cancún.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Her ex-husband took his younger girlfriend to Cancún.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2025

Mexico's meteorological service said it could not rule out that the popular resorts of Cancún and Cozumel could be hit in the early hours of Wednesday local time.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

They flew from Bogotá to Cancún, Mexico, and from there to Tijuana.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024

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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