Oaxaca.
A city in Mexico.
Meaning & usage
A city in Mexico.
A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.
A state of Mexico.
A habitational surname from Spanish.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Spanish Oaxaca, from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (huaje) (Leucaena leucocephala) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).
A semihard white cheese from the Oaxaca region of Mexico.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Spanish Oaxaca, from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (huaje) (Leucaena leucocephala) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).
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