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Culiacán

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

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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At the Culiacán airport, travelers can buy baseball caps with his 701 ranking in the Forbes list.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

Culiacán is a prosperous city, full of shopping malls, neat parks and fancy car dealerships.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2026

Rosalba and her husband grew up on the same street in Culiacán, the capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state, Louis said in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2026

In March, 1539, they set out with guides from Culiacán.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

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