city in central Mexico: capital of Michoacán state: pop. 493,000
See Morelia in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(mə-rālˈyə, mō-rĕˈlyä)
A city of southwest Mexico west-northwest of Mexico City. Founded in 1541 as Valladolid, it was renamed in 1828 after the revolutionary hero José María Morelos y Pavón (1765-1815). Population: 608,000.