Celaya

American

[suh-lahy-uh, se-lah-yah] / səˈlaɪ ə, sɛˈlɑ jɑ /

noun

a city in Guanajuato state, central Mexico.

Celaya British

/ θeˈlaja /

noun

a city in central Mexico, in Guanajuato state: market town, famous for its sweetmeats; textile-manufacturing. Pop: 727 000 (2005 est)

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A Celaya police officer questions a woman after a person was detained for suspicious behavior.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025

Her boyfriend was also a police officer in Celaya.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025

Mexico's Juan Celaya and Osmar Olvera took silver with 444.03, much to the delight of the fans inside the Paris Aquatics Centre, with Laugher and Harding's 438.15 ensuring them bronze.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2024

Celaya, now almost 60, returned to Cuba only in 2019, but he has found a way of retrieving both childhood and homeland in this impressive exhibition at the Hispanic Society.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

By that time we were drawing into Celaya, also in the throes of some bombastic celebration.

From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Franck, Harry Alverson

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