Culiacán
- proper noun
- /ˌkuːliˈɑːkən/
- I flew into Culiacán to visit my family in Sinaloa.
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Air travel in 1996 provided three daily flights on four-seat airplanes to Culiacán, Sinaloa.
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The most violent cities were Culiacán, with 2,366 homicides; Mazatlán, with 716; and Navolato, with 590.
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From here, it's more days by trail to Culiacán.
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In Culiacán, the price for betrayal is death.
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I'd love to, but on this road, we won't even leave Culiacán.
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And all this shit, it all derives from something real important, like what little berg in the Culiacán Uncle Juanito comes from.
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Explained that they moved to Culiacán, Sinaloa, but two years ago Beltran Leon lived in Zapopan, near his wife and daughter.
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Millan grew up in Culiacán, the largest city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, and worked on his grandfather's farm in the hopes of becoming the best dog trainer in the world.
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There was lost data from Culiacán, Badiraguato, Mazatlán, and Los Mochis that, most likely, would have increased the number of NNs (no names).
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Vargas walked from his dressing room to the ring accompanied by Julio César Chávez, the legendary pugilist from Culiacán, Mexico.
Academic text (2013)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Culiacán comes from a native Mexican language, often given as Nahuatl, and is said to mean 'place of the river bends' or 'place of curves', a likely reference to the winding river near the city. So the name describes the land and river where the city was first built.
