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Nayarit

American  
[nah-yah-reet] / ˌnɑ jɑˈrit /

noun

  1. a state in W Mexico. 10,442 sq. mi. (27,045 sq. km). Tepic.


Nayarit British  
/ najaˈrit /

noun

  1. a state of W Mexico, on the Pacific: includes the offshore Tres Marías Islands. Capital: Tepic. Pop: 919 739 (2000). Area: 27 621 sq km (10 772 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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Mission to Mexico on Tuesday lifted its recommendation for American visitors to shelter in place in the states of Jalisco and Nayarit, which include the cities of Puerto Vallarta, Chapala and Guadalajara.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

Desmond, who has lived in Bucerías, a beach resort town in the state of Nayarit, for several years, described the scene as "very unusual".

From BBC Feb. 23, 2026

Representing the Nayarit residents — who are seeking unspecified damages — is San Francisco-based Guernica37, a nonprofit organization seeking accountability for global rights abuses.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2025

Chairez was born in the Mexican state of Nayarit and came to the U.S. when he was 9.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2025

And on the beach the white and blue canoes that came from Nayarit were drawn up, canoes preserved for generations by a hard shell-like waterproof plaster whose making was a secret of the fishing people.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

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