proper noun/ˈmeɾida/
Mérida (a city in Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain); Mérida (a city in Yucatán, Mexico); Mérida (a city in Guzman, Venezuela); Mérida (a state of Venezuela)
From the third word of the Latin “colōnia Augusta Ēmerita”, from the feminine of ēmeritus (“veteran”), referring to the Iberian city being founded as an imperial veterans’ colony.