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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

Mérida retired from the Mexican army in 2022 with the rank of general.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

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 lake, which collects rainwater from more than a hundred tributaries, has also become the wastewater deposit for the western states of Zulia, Mérida and Trujillo, where 5.3 million people live.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023

The field party benefited also from arrangements and helpful suggestions made by Eduardo C. Welling of Mérida and Marynoll Father Joseph Early of Felipe Carrillo Puerto.

From Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula by Klaas, Erwin E.