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Campeche definition

Cam·pe·che (kam pē′chē; Sp käm pe′c̸he)

  1. state of SE Mexico, in the W Yucatán Peninsula: 20,013 sq mi (51,833 sq km); pop. 535,000
  2. capital of this state, a port on the Gulf of Campeche: pop. 174,000
  3. arm of the Gulf of Mexico, west of the Yucatán Peninsula

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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