Quintana Roo

[ keen-tah-nah raw-aw ]

noun

1. a sparsely populated state in SE Mexico, on the E Yucatán peninsula. 19,435 sq. mi. (50,335 sq. km). : Chetumal.

Quintana Roo

/ kinˈtana ˈrɔo /

noun

1. a state of SE Mexico, on the E Yucatán Peninsula: hot, humid, forested, and inhabited chiefly by Maya Indians. Capital: Chetumal. Pop: 287 000 (2005 est). Area: 50 350 sq km (19 463 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Forecasters say Sara is likely to further weaken on Monday as it moves over the southern Mexican state of Quintana Roo.

From BBC

Prosecutors in the coastal state of Quintana Roo said that the van carrying the victims apparently collided with a truck.

From Seattle Times

In some states such as Sinaloa, Guerrero, Coahuila, Quintana Roo and the western city of Guadalajara, judicial measures now limit the activity.

From Seattle Times

While such fights are held in most of the country, they remain blocked by judicial measures in the states of Sinaloa, Guerrero, Coahuila and Quintana Roo, as well as in the western city of Guadalajara.

From Seattle Times

To explore this question, a team of cave divers collected 78 water samples from 12 individual sites within the cave system near the Caribbean coast in Quintana Roo, Mexico.

From Science Daily