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• merida
  merida

  noun

  suntan.
• Mérida
  Mérida

  noun

  a city in and the capital of Yucatán, in SE Mexico.

merida

¹ American  

[mer-i-duh] / ˈmɛr ɪ də /

noun

1. suntan.

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Mérida ² American  

[me-ree-thah] / ˈmɛ riˌðɑ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Yucatán, in SE Mexico.

2. a city in W Venezuela.

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Mérida British  

/ ˈmeriða /

noun

1. a city in SE Mexico, capital of Yucatán state: founded in 1542 on the site of the ancient Mayan city of T'ho; centre of the henequen industry; university. Pop: 919 000 (2005 est)

2. a city in W Venezuela: founded in 1558 by Spanish conquistadores; University of Los Andes (1785). Pop: 319 000 (2005 est)

3. Latin name: Augusta Emerita.  a market town in W Spain, in Extremadura, on the Guadiana River: founded in 25 _bc ; became the capital of Lusitania and one of the chief cities of Iberia. Pop: 52 110 (2003 est)

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Etymology

Origin of merida

Apparently after Mérida, Mexico

Example Sentences

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Mérida

Gerardo Mérida, a retired Mexican army general who served as public security secretary in northwestern Sinaloa state, was detained in a case that has rocked diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Washington sent some $3 billion in security aid under a 2007 bilateral agreement known as the Mérida Initiative, donating helicopters, training police and helping redesign Mexico’s notoriously broken justice system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

Under the Mérida Initiative, Mexico received three billion dollars worth of American aid to fight the drug gangs, including training and Black Hawk helicopters.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025

Their journeys began on the backs of camels or donkeys and ended on the gangplanks of steamships in Hong Kong, Kingston, Manila, Melbourne, Mérida, New York, Port au Prince, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, and Singapore.

From Slate ● May 15, 2024

The conquerors founded the present city of Mérida on the site of the Indian town, with all legal formalities, in January, 1542.44-* But though conquered the Indians were not subjugated.

From The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries by Salisbury, Stephen