Guanajuato

[gwah-nah-hwah-taw]

noun

1. a state in central Mexico. 11,805 sq. mi. (30,575 sq. km).

2. a city in and the capital of this state: center of the silver-mining region.

Guanajuato

/ ɡwanaˈxwato /

noun

1. a state of central Mexico, on the great central plateau: mountainous in the north, with fertile plains in the south; important mineral resources. Capital: Guanajuato. Pop: 4 656 761 (2000). Area: 30 588 sq km (11 810 sq miles)

2. a city in central Mexico, capital of Guanajuato state: founded in 1554, it became one of the world's richest silver-mining centres. Pop: 80 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Not far from here, his aunt still runs the business that she and Tonatiuh’s mother, an immigrant from the Mexican state of Guanajuato, opened decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times

Seven Mexican youths were also killed in a shooting at a Catholic Church festivity in the central state of Guanajuato in May.

From BBC

Mauro González Martínez, the top security official in Guanajuato state, a former federal police officer and member of an opposition party, said national guard troops and other members of the armed forces were not equipped to fight crime.

From Los Angeles Times

A woman holds the daughter of a taxi driver who was shot and killed in May in Celaya, Guanajuato.

From Los Angeles Times

The mayor’s abrupt decision to summarily replace most of the police force in Celaya, a patchwork of farmland and factories in central Guanajuato state, is a case study in why Mexicans have lost faith in local law enforcement — and what happens when soldiers take over.

From Los Angeles Times