Definitions

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  • proper noun A state of Mexico.

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  • noun a Mexican state on the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula

Etymologies

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Named after Andrés Quintana Roo, from the Mexican War of Independence.

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Examples

  • “The Quintana Roo is a real and very strange place, It is the long, wild easternmost shore of the Yucatan Peninsula, officially but not psychologically part of Mexico, A diary of daily life on its jungly beaches could sometimes be taken for a log of life on an alien planet,” writes James Tiptree, Jr., in the preface to his new collection of three talismanic tales of the supernatural.

    Antiquarian Weird Tales: Arkham House Chris Perridas 2008

  • “The Quintana Roo is a real and very strange place, It is the long, wild easternmost shore of the Yucatan Peninsula, officially but not psychologically part of Mexico, A diary of daily life on its jungly beaches could sometimes be taken for a log of life on an alien planet,” writes James Tiptree, Jr., in the preface to his new collection of three talismanic tales of the supernatural.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Chris Perridas 2008

  • Camazotz sailed to your shores in the belly of a vessel called Quintana Roo, a vessel that is now moored in the harbor not far from here.

    The Lost Slayer Christopher Golden 2001

  • Camazotz sailed to your shores in the belly of a vessel called Quintana Roo, a vessel that is now moored in the harbor not far from here.

    The Lost Slayer Christopher Golden 2001

  • Camazotz sailed to your shores in the belly of a vessel called Quintana Roo, a vessel that is now moored in the harbor not far from here.

    The Lost Slayer Christopher Golden 2001

  • In the Yucatan Peninsula there is an encouraging example in the Forest Pilot Program in Quintana Roo, which is focused on exploiting timber on a sustainable basis.

    Mongabay.com News 2009

  • In the Yucatan Peninsula there is an encouraging example in the Forest Pilot Program in Quintana Roo, which is focused on exploiting timber on a sustainable basis.

    Mongabay.com News 2009

  • In the Yucatan Peninsula there is an encouraging example in the Forest Pilot Program in Quintana Roo, which is focused on exploiting timber on a sustainable basis.

    Mongabay.com News 2009

  • In the Yucatan Peninsula there is an encouraging example in the Forest Pilot Program in Quintana Roo, which is focused on exploiting timber on a sustainable basis.

    Mongabay.com News 2009

  • The site is located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, which is on the Yucantan Peninsula.

    Anthropology.net 2008

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