It is the name of a State in Mexico. Its capital is Mérida. It is the name of the channel that connects the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It is the name of a municipality in the State of Minnesota in the United States. It is the name of a peninsula in Mexico. Yucatan means land of the Maya people, or land of the Maya. However there are many versions, with similarities between them, manifesting a misreading of the Spanish conquerors of words in the Mayan language means "definately not your language".
