Definitions for yucatánˌyu kəˈtæn, -ˈtɑn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Yu•ca•tánˌyu kəˈtæn, -ˈtɑn(n.)
or Yu•ca•tan
a peninsula in SE Mexico and N Central America comprising parts of SE Mexico, N Guatemala, and Belize.
Category: Geography (places)
a state in SE Mexico, in N Yucatán Peninsula. 1,556,622; 14,868 sq. mi. (38,510 sq. km).
Category: Geography (places)
Ref: Cap.: Mérida. 2
Princeton's WordNet
Yucatan(noun)
a state of Mexico on the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula
Yucatan, Yucatan Peninsula(noun)
a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Yucatan
a peninsula in Central America dividing the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea, and one of the few peninsulas of the world that extend northwards; is a flat expanse; has a good climate and a fertile soil, yielding maize, rice, tobacco, indigo, &c.; abounds in forests of valuable wood; forms one of the States of the Mexican Republic; it bears traces of early civilisation in the ruins of temples and other edifices.
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