Celaya

[ suh-lahy-uh; Spanish se-lah-yah ]

noun

1. a city in Guanajuato state, central Mexico.

Celaya

/ θeˈlaja /

noun

1. a city in central Mexico, in Guanajuato state: market town, famous for its sweetmeats; textile-manufacturing. Pop: 727 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Mexico's Juan Celaya and Osmar Olvera took silver with 444.03, much to the delight of the fans inside the Paris Aquatics Centre, with Laugher and Harding's 438.15 ensuring them bronze.

From BBC

In Celaya, a city in Guanajuato, gunmen opened fire on a campaign event in April, killing a mayoral candidate and wounding three of her supporters.

From Seattle Times

On the morning of April 1, Bertha Gisela Gaytán outlined how, if elected mayor of her home city of Celaya, she would target ever-mounting violence.

From Los Angeles Times

“We had hopes that she would make a difference because she said she was going to combat the narcos,” said María Celorio, 32, a resident of Celaya — which, like much of the central state of Guanajuato, has become an organized-crime battleground, registering some of the country’s highest homicide rates.

From Los Angeles Times

Federal security was finally forthcoming for Gaytán — at her funeral, which featured phalanxes of troops guarding Celaya’s cathedral.

From Los Angeles Times