Zacatecas
Americannoun
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a state in central Mexico. 28,125 sq. mi. (72,845 sq. km).
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the capital of this state.
noun
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a state of N central Mexico, on the central plateau: rich mineral resources. Capital: Zacatecas. Pop: 1 351 207 (2000). Area: 75 040 sq km (28 973 sq miles)
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a city in N central Mexico, capital of Zacatecas state: silver mines. Pop: 241 000 (2005 est)
Example Sentences
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My family is from the north-central Mexico state of Zacatecas, where baseball is king and even volleyball was more popular in the ranchos of my parents than futbol.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
My maternal grandmother, Marcela Fernández, was born in 1914 in an Arizona copper town to parents who fled the Mexican Revolution before returning to their mountain pueblo in Zacatecas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
The conflict-ridden states of Michoacán, Chiapas and Zacatecas have seen particularly high levels of displacement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2026
The son of immigrants from the Mexican state of Zacatecas who originally came to this country without papers, Ortega grew up a “sheltered, nerdy kid” in La Puente.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
The Zacatecas mines.—In spite of the check caused by the Mixton War, northward expansion in Mexico was soon stimulated by the discovery of rich mines, and by the ambitions of the new viceroy.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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