English Explanatory Dictionary

Mérida

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Spain’s western region Estremadura, in Badajoz province
  2. Latin American places named after the above:
  3. in Mexico, capital of Yucatán state
  4. One of 23 states in Venezuela. Capital: Mérida.
  5. A city, the capital of the state of Mérida in Libertador municipality, Mérida, Venezuela.
  6. in Venezuela, an eponymous district capital in Guzman province

Word forms

Mérida

Etymology

From Spanish, from the third word of the Latin name “colōnia Augusta Ēmerita”, from the feminine of ēmeritus (“veteran”), referring to the Iberian city being founded as an imperial veterans’ colony.

Translations

Arabic: مِرِيدَا Arabic: مَارِيدَة Catalan: Mèrida Chinese Mandarin: 梅里達 /梅里达 Dutch: Mérida Extremaduran: Méria French: Mérida Galician: Mérida Latin: Augusta Emerita Spanish: Mérida Cherokee: ᎺᎵᏓ Yucatec Maya: Joʼ
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