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Morelos

American  
[maw-re-laws] / mɔˈrɛ lɔs /

noun

  1. a state in S central Mexico. 1,916 sq. mi. (4,960 sq. km). Cuernavaca.


Morelos British  
/ moˈrelɔs /

noun

  1. an inland state of S central Mexico, on the S slope of the great plateau. Capital: Cuernavaca. Pop: 1 552 878 (2000 est). Area: 4988 sq km (1926 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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He has the fourth most goals in the Premiership since the league was established in 2013, with a league haul of 77 putting him one behind former Rangers forward Alfredo Morelos.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

Morelos has said her aim is “to draw viewers into close proximity” with nature and “to restore the spiritual bond between humans and the earth.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

Their father arrived in the U.S. in the 1990s from Morelos, Mexico and married their mother, a U.S. citizen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025

For the documentary’s tense opening segment, the team accompanied the reporter Jesús Medina on a nighttime search for illegal loggers cutting down trees in a remote forest in the state of Morelos.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

He was as proud of being from the state of Morelos as my father was about being from Jalisco.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez

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