"Mérida" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Spanish, from the third word of the Latin name “colōnia Augusta Ēmerita”, from the feminine of ēmeritus (“veteran”), referring to the Iberian city being founded as an imperial veterans’ colony. Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|colōnia}} colōnia, {{m|la|Augusta}} Augusta, {{m|la|Ēmerita}} Ēmerita, {{m|la|ēmeritus||veteran}} ēmeritus (“veteran”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mérida
  1. A city in Spain’s western region Estremadura, in Badajoz province Translations (Spanish city): مِرِيدَا (miridā) [feminine] (Arabic), مَارِيدَة (marida) [archaic, feminine] (Arabic), Mèrida (Catalan), Mérida (Dutch), Méria (Extremaduran), Mérida (French), Mérida (Galician), Augusta Emerita [feminine] (Latin), Mérida (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Mérida-en-name-oUr8KxPh Disambiguation of 'Spanish city': 51 24 24
  2. Latin American cities named after the above:
    in Mexico, capital of Yucatán state
    Sense id: en-Mérida-en-name-A5raA6bu
  3. Latin American cities named after the above:
    in Venezuela, an eponymous district capital in Guzman province
    Sense id: en-Mérida-en-name-UxDSa-kc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 11 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Mexican city): Mérida (Spanish), Joʼ (Yucatec Maya)
Disambiguation of 'Mexican city': 34 33 33

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