Jalapa

American  

[hah-lah-pah] / hɑˈlɑ pɑ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Veracruz, in E Mexico.

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Jalapa British  

/ xaˈlapa /

noun

1. a city in E central Mexico, capital of Veracruz State, at an altitude of 1427 m (4681 ft): resort. Pop: 525 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Nash, Ernesto Mejia-Orozco and Brauli Rodriguez Jalapa, who were current or former members of the Pittsburg Police Department at the time, and Samantha Peterson of the Antioch Police Department, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024

The teenager in black jeans and a bright yellow baseball hat left her hometown of Jalapa alone and hoped to reunite with her father in Dallas, Texas, after a 10-year separation.

From Reuters • May 14, 2023

In her area, Jalapa, a region of rippled hills, rutted roads and a cowboy culture, men go around on horseback with holstered pistols, their faces shaded by wide-brimmed hats.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2019

When Brayan and Robinson visited Jalapa, the same men—recent U.S. deportees—stalked Brayan for his parents’ numbers in Trenton.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 20, 2015

Geographic distribution.—Known only from Mirador and Jalapa in Veracruz, and Huachinango in Puebla.

From Taxonomic Status of Some Mice of The Peromyscus boylii Group in Eastern Mexico, With Description of a New Subspecies by Alvarez, Ticul