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Culiacán

American  
[koo-lyah-kahn] / ˌku lyɑˈkɑn /

noun

  1. a city in and capital of Sinaloa state, in NW Mexico.


Culiacán British  
/ kuljaˈkan /

noun

  1. a city in NW Mexico, capital of Sinaloa state. Pop: 799 000 (2005 est)

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The defendants include a sitting federal senator and the mayor of Sinaloa state capital Culiacán, Juan de Dios Gámez, who also stepped down late Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

The defendants include a sitting federal senator and the mayor of Sinaloa state capital Culiacán.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

On a chilly morning, at a petrol station not far from Culiacán, Pulido and a group of other mothers hugged each other before setting out on a search.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Growing up gay in the hyper-conservative northern city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Barraza never saw gay characters he identified with on a deeper level staring back at him from the screen of his family’s clunky television.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024

For example, in 14 adults from Culiacán, Sinaloa, the variation is 25.0 to 27.9 in occipitonasal length and in mastoidal breadth is 12.6 to 14.0.

From Conspecificity of two pocket mice, Perognathus goldmani and P. artus by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)