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Campeche

Campeche

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A port city in southeastern Mexico on the Gulf coast
  • proper noun
  • /kæmˈpeɪtʃ/
translation icon : Campeche
  • The seafood in Campeche is fresh and delicious, making it a favorite destination for food lovers.
  • Campeche Bay
  • Campeche, Mexico

Examples

  • Campeche is a beautiful port city located on the southeastern coast of Campeche, Mexico.

  • Campeche gave very sparse information, reporting that there were 243 murders during this period, without specifying the age or gender of the victims.

    Blog text (4)
  • We're further south in Campeche where the terrain is a little different.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • "Do you know where this is?" The police sergeant examined the map and said, "Down south, more into Campeche."

    Fiction book (1999)
  • In Campeche and Chiapas, there is no transparency or even reliable systems: its pages are several months out of service and don't support questions.

    Blog text (27)
  • Only the lumber companies entered the jungle, using the rivers to extract precious wood to export from the port of Campeche.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The smaller plane was making a run to Campeche to pick up a party of Texas oil technicians who were meeting their wives and girlfriends in Cancun.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • We heard rumors that Doc was an addict, living in a hut on the Bay of Campeche, his mind gone, his hair and beard like a lion's mane, his body pocked with sores.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • On June 3, 1979, the 2-mile-deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de Campeche, 600 miles south of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico.

    Blog text (17)
  • During our trip, we explored the historic sites in Campeche, known for its colonial architecture.

Synonyms

Campeche City
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A port city and capital of the state of Campeche in southeast Mexico

is a port city in the same area without capital status

Compounds

A large bay in the southern Gulf of Mexico next to the Yucatán Peninsula

A part of the Gulf of Mexico off the west coast of the Yucatán Peninsula

A large bay of the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of southeast Mexico

Surface Forms

Campeche main

Etymology

Campeche probably comes from a local Maya name, likely Ah Can Pech, which Spanish visitors used for the port town. This helps you remember that the city's name comes from the area's original Maya people.