Campeche

Speech parts

1. Campeche - Noun

2. Campeche - Proper noun

Meaning

a Mexican state on the eastern part of the Gulf of Campeche

a Mexican city on the Bay of Campeche

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

blackwood Mayan Mexico Merida logwood Cancun Yucatan Cozumel campeachy wood bloodwood logwood tree bluewood campeche wood campeachy tree haematoxylon campechianum
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Phrases with the word

campeche logwood Campeche porgy

Examples

Also contributing to the increase of Caribbean piracy at this time was Spain's breakup of the English logwood settlement at Campeche and the attractions of a freshly sunken silver fleet off the southern Bahamas in 1715. Source: Internet

End of Campeche In 1821, the schooner USS was sent to Galveston to remove Lafitte from the Gulf. Source: Internet

In 1852 due to internal struggles between opposing political factions, was created the Territory of Campeche. Source: Internet

Pirates attacked, plundered and ravaged several cities like Campeche (1557), Veracruz (1568) and Alvarado (1667). Source: Internet

Ramsay (1996), p. 93. Lafitte named his colony Campeche, after a Mexican outpost further south along the Gulf Coast. Source: Internet

The sack of Campeche was considered the first such raid and many others that followed replicated the same techniques including the attack on Veracruz in 1683 and the raid on Cartagena later that same year. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

campeachy wood extract campeador Campeau campeche logwood Campeche porgy campeche wood