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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A state of extreme southeast Mexico adjoining the Guatemalan border. Largely rural and underdeveloped, in the 1990s Chiapas became the site of a popular uprising against Mexico's federal government.

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  • proper noun A state of Mexico.

Etymologies

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Named after Cheops, a king of Egypt.

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Examples

  • Marc Van Riper - December 1, 2008 at 3: 15 pm THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF CHIAPAS: TOURIST DEVELOPMENT, MINING, "BIO" FUELS, AND NOW OIL What Hermann Bellinghausen calls the 'four horsemen of Chiapas' have come into focus again with the announcement that Pemex are to start prospecting and drilling for oil in the Kristin Bricker - November 29, 2008 at 8: 07 pm

    The NarcoSphere - 2009

  • Marc Van Riper - December 1, 2008 at 3: 15 pm THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF CHIAPAS: TOURIST DEVELOPMENT, MINING, "BIO" FUELS, AND NOW OIL What Hermann Bellinghausen calls the 'four horsemen of Chiapas' have come into focus again with the announcement that Pemex are to start prospecting and drilling for oil in the Kristin Bricker - November 29, 2008 at 8: 07 pm

    The NarcoSphere - 2009

  • Marc Van Riper - December 1, 2008 at 3: 15 pm THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF CHIAPAS: TOURIST DEVELOPMENT, MINING, "BIO" FUELS, AND NOW OIL What Hermann Bellinghausen calls the 'four horsemen of Chiapas' have come into focus again with the announcement that Pemex are to start prospecting and drilling for oil in the Kristin Bricker - November 29, 2008 at 8: 07 pm

    The NarcoSphere - 2009

  • We've Published 225 Reports So Far on a Shoestring in 2009 and Need Your Help to Continue Marc Van Riper - December 1, 2008 at 3: 15 pm THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF CHIAPAS: TOURIST DEVELOPMENT, MINING, "BIO" FUELS, AND NOW OIL What Hermann Bellinghausen calls the 'four horsemen of Chiapas' have come into focus again with the announcement that Pemex are to start prospecting and drilling for oil in the Kristin Bricker - November 29, 2008 at 8: 07 pm

    The NarcoSphere - 2009

  • Our constantly monitored alarm system in Chiapas is much less expensive then the one at Lakeside for the initial equipment investment but the property is also much less complex.

    See You Later, Mr. Chan* 2009

  • That´s one reason the garden in Chiapas is a small, minimal-upkeep patio garden in the Spanish style.

    MORE ISSUES 2010

  • That´s one reason the garden in Chiapas is a small, minimal-upkeep patio garden in the Spanish style.

    MORE ISSUES 2010

  • That´s one reason the garden in Chiapas is a small, minimal-upkeep patio garden in the Spanish style.

    MORE ISSUES 2010

  • Our constantly monitored alarm system in Chiapas is much less expensive then the one at Lakeside for the initial equipment investment but the property is also much less complex.

    See You Later, Mr. Chan* 2009

  • Our constantly monitored alarm system in Chiapas is much less expensive then the one at Lakeside for the initial equipment investment but the property is also much less complex.

    See You Later, Mr. Chan* 2009

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