Definition of Mérida

1. Noun. The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Yucatan

Definition of Mérida

1. Proper noun. A city in Spain’s western region Estremadura, in Badajóz province ¹

2. Proper noun. Latin American cities named after the above: ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mérida

Myxinoidei
Myxobacterales
Myxobacteriaceae
Myxobacteriales
Myxocephalus
Myxocephalus aenaeus
Myxomycetes
Myxomycota
Myxophyceae
Myxosporidia
Mœræ
Mœsia
Médoc
Médocs
Ménière's disease
Mérida (current term)
Mórrígan
Möbius group
Möbius groups
Möller-Barlow disease
Mössbauer effect
Müller-Lyer illusion
Mülleran mimicry
Münchausen syndrome
Mývatn
N
N&vepsilon;-trimethyllysine
N'Djamena
N'Yawk
N's

Literary usage of Mérida

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"Morphology, Cultural Properties, and Virulence of the Strain of Leptospira Isolated in Merida. The morphological features and cultural properties of the ..."

2. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1854)
"It was growing late, and I went on before with a horse for change, to roach Merida in time to make arrangements for a caleche the next day. ..."

3. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"French retire from Merida—Send a force to Placencia—The direct intercourse between Portugal and Sir John Moore's army interrupted—Military description of ..."

4. Terry's Mexico: Handbook for Travellers by Thomas Philip Terry (1909)
"The train usually leaves Merida (from the 59 Kilom. to ... overnight and return to Merida the next morning. X in the Maya tongue is pronounced ush, ..."

5. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"French retire from Merida—Send a force to Placencia—The direct intercourse ... IT was the advanced guard of the fourth corps that had approached Merida with ..."

6. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"THE next morning we started for Merida, with the intention of diverging for the last time to visit the ruins of Aké. The road was one of the best in the ..."

7. The Ancient Cities of the New World: Being Voyages and Explorations in by Désiré Charnay (1887)
"Early Account of Yucatan—First Explorers : F. Hernandez de Cordova, Juan de Grijalva—Cortez—Railroad—Henequen Estate—Merida—Historical Jottings —Destruction ..."

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