Michoacán

[ mee-chaw-ah-kahn ]

noun

1. a state in SW Mexico. 23,196 sq. mi. (60,080 sq. km). : Morelia.

Michoacán

/ mitʃoaˈkan /

noun

1. a state of SW Mexico, on the Pacific: rich mineral resources. Capital: Morelia. Pop: 3 979 177 (2000). Area: 59 864 sq km (23 114 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Teresa Reyes was 39 when she left her small town in Michoacán.

From Los Angeles Times

Trejo moved to the industrial city of Queretaro, in central Mexico, more than two decades ago, seeking greater opportunity than could be found in the poor farm town in rural Michoacan state where he grew up.

From Los Angeles Times

We were enjoying dinner at Lindo Michoacán, which President Biden visited this year.

From Los Angeles Times

His father migrated from the Mexican state of Michoacán as a teenager in 1914, when the Hub City was mostly farmland.

From Los Angeles Times

Marcela Rosas immigrated to Southern California from the Mexican state of Michoacán more than a decade ago in search of the American dream.

From Los Angeles Times