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Yucatán.
Headword:
Yucatán.
Principal English Translation:
a region of New Spain and Mexico; a peninsula in the southeastern part of the country
Attestations from sources in English:
cenca mahuiztililoni teoyotica tlahtohuani Don diego Pasquez de mergado. obispo. yocadan clerigo. mohuica vmpa ỹ la china yn ipã altepetl Manilla ynic ye no ye ompa arҫobispo mochiuhtzino = the very reverend spiritual ruler don Diego Vásquez de Mercado, bishop of Yucatan, a secular priest, arrived and entered Mexico here; he is going to China [the Philippines], to the altepetl of Manila, since he is likewise being made archbishop there (central Mexico, 1609)