Sinaloa

American  

[seen-l-oh-uh, sin-, see-nah-law-ah] / ˌsin lˈoʊ ə, ˌsɪn-, ˌsi nɑˈlɔ ɑ /

noun

1. a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Culiacán.

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Sinaloa British  

/ ˌsɪn-, ˌsiːnəˈləʊə, sinaˈloa /

noun

1. a state of W Mexico. Capital: Culiacán. Pop: 2 534 835 (2000). Area: 58 092 sq km (22 425 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

More troubling is the fact that the Mexican military is already involved in a year-long operation against the Sinaloa cartel, and there’s concern that they will not have the capacity to fight a two-front war.

From Salon

The Mexican government has sent thousands of troops to Sinaloa, and they'd set up checkpoints on most of the roads.

From BBC

"What gives me strength is realizing that no one else is going to look for them. I realize it because no one is moving to search for the disappeared in Sinaloa. And a mother will always look for her child, no matter if it's to the ends of the earth, she will look."

From BBC

At one of her regular news conferences - held before Sunday's killing of "El Mencho" - I asked President Claudia Sheinbaum what it would take to bring the violence in Sinaloa under control.

From BBC

But when you listen to people who go through this at the local level, when you listen to our colleagues in Sinaloa, in Tamaulipas, in Michoacán, in Guanajuato, even in Jalisco, and you see the fear on their faces, and then you talk to the people of Culiacán, and see how ingrained this is, how powerful these people are, how deep their tentacles go into politics, business, you name it, then the gravity of the situation really, really hits you.

From Slate