Oaxaca
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See also: oaxaca
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Oaxaca, from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (huaje) (Leucaena leucocephala) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Oaxaca
- A city in Mexico.
- A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.
- One of the 31 states of Mexico, formally the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, located in the southern part of the country, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
- A habitational surname from Spanish.
Synonyms
- (city): Oaxaca City
Translations
city
municipality
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Oaxaca is the 34707th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Oaxaca is most common among Hispanic/Latino (93.7%) individuals.
Noun
Oaxaca (countable and uncountable, plural Oaxacas)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (“horse tamarind tree (Leucaena leucocephala)”) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Oaxaca f
- Oaxaca (a city in Mexico)
- Oaxaca (a municipality of Mexico)
- Oaxaca (a state of Mexico)
- Synonym: (abbreviation) OA
Related terms
See also
Oaxaca on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Proper noun
Oaxaca
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