Cancún

[kan-koon, kahng-koon]

noun

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

Cancún

/ kaːnˈkuːn /

noun

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

Example Sentences

This is a feeling that would surely be shared by locals from Bali to Mykonos to Cancun, whenever tourism took off in their patch of paradise: "I miss the past, but we like the money."

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If not for the unexpected emergence of Roki Sasaki in the closer role, the Dodgers might be vacationing in Cancún right now instead of closing in on another title.

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Southwest executives are confident the new boarding system is ready for prime time after battle testing it in Houston and Cancún, as well as countless computer simulations.

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She was arrested while collecting her four sons, daughter and daughter-in-law from Birmingham Airport on 11 November 2024 as they returned from Cancun with suitcases loaded full of drugs.

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They had booked short one or two-night trips to Amsterdam or Dublin and travelled without any luggage, but then timed their return flights to Birmingham at the same time as arrivals from Cancun – where there was an insider bringing suitcases full of drugs.

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