Oaxaca
Meaning
- (feminine) Oaxaca (a city in Mexico)
- (feminine) Oaxaca (a municipality of Mexico)
- (feminine) Oaxaca (a state of Mexico)
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/w̝aˈxaka/
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (“horse tamarind tree (Leucaena leucocephala)”) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).
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