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Michoacán

American  
[mee-chaw-ah-kahn] / ˌmi tʃɔ ɑˈkɑn /

noun

  1. a state in SW Mexico. 23,196 sq. mi. (60,080 sq. km). Morelia.


Michoacán British  
/ mitʃoaˈkan /

noun

  1. a state of SW Mexico, on the Pacific: rich mineral resources. Capital: Morelia. Pop: 3 979 177 (2000). Area: 59 864 sq km (23 114 sq miles)

"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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People make pilgrimages here, like a man who had come on a recent afternoon from the Tierra Caliente, a famously dangerous part of Michoacán.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Alejandro was born in the Mexican State of Michoacán and entered the United States without a visa for the first time with his father, when he was just seven years old.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

El Mencho himself comes from Michoacán and grew up in poverty, like so many people do in that area of Mexico and in Mexico in general.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

The US has warned its citizens to shelter in place in five states: Jalisco, Tamaulipas, areas of Michoacán, Guerrero and Nuevo Leon.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Tropidodipsas occidentala is known from Comala, Colima, and Coalcomán, Michoacán.

From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.

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