Morelia

[maw-re-lyah]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.

Morelia

/ moˈrelia /

noun

1. Former name (until 1828): Valladolid. a city in central Mexico, capital of Michoacán state: a cultural centre during colonial times; two universities. Pop: 668 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

In the state capital of Morelia, several dozen protesters broke down the door of the ornate government palace, started a fire and threw furniture out the window.

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A day after Manzo’s killing, protesters filled the streets of Uruapan and Morelia, the capital of Michoacán state.

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While the protests were mostly peaceful, authorities said, some demonstrators broke into the state government palace in Morelia and trashed offices and other installations.

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The ex-mayor’s brother, Erik Juárez Blanquet, a state lawmaker and also a former mayor of Angamacutiro, was shot dead in 2020 when a pair of assassins on a motorcycle opened fire on his vehicle in the state capital of Morelia.

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"It's possible that Corallicolids have different effects depending on who they're infecting," says UBC researcher Morelia Trznadel, the first author of the paper.

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