Michoacán

[mee-chaw-ah-kahn]

noun

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

Michoacán

/ 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)

Example Sentences

Parts of southwestern Mexico could get up to 6 inches of rain through Wednesday, bringing a flash flooding risk to Michoacán and Colima states, forecasters said.

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Sigal said Landa-Rodriguez plans to return home to Michoacán after serving his time and accepting deportation.

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The allegations included a murder plot, overseeing rackets in the Los Angeles County jails and pursuing an alliance between his U.S. prison gang and a drug cartel from his home state of Michoacán.

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Raised in Hanford, Calif., by a single mother and grandparents who immigrated from Michoacán, Mexico, he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UC Berkeley and a PhD in higher education leadership and policy from Stanford University.

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The social media commentary has been both comical and critical, with one Instagram user commenting, “Nah I’ll still rock my original huaraches with tire sole from Sahuayo, Michoacán,” and another writing, “No way they gentrified huaraches now.”

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