Maracay

[ mah-rah-kahy ]

noun

1. a city in NE Venezuela, SW of Caracas.

Maracay

/ maraˈkai /

noun

1. a city in N central Venezuela: developed greatly as the headquarters of Juan Vicente Gómez (1857–1935) during his dictatorship; textile industries. Pop: 1 138 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

She recalls how on the night of 19 January 2015, Canserbero and Molnar came to her apartment in the Venezuelan city of Maracay.

From BBC

"If you buy diapers you don't buy food, so I buy food and not diapers," said 20-year-old hairdresser Rosimar Gonzalez, who voted in central Maracay with her young son in her arms.

From Reuters

Maracay is a Venezuelan city near the country’s Caribbean coast with a population of nearly 1 million.

From Los Angeles Times

After hours of waiting outside a coronavirus vaccination center in the Venezuelan city of Maracay, hundreds of senior citizens who had lined up to receive their jab broke into a chant: "We want answers."

From Reuters

Police officials in Maracay didn’t respond to a request by Reuters to discuss the incident.

From Reuters