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tianguis.

an indigenous open-air market selling produce, small livestock and artwork

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtjanɡis/[ˈt̪jãŋ.ɡis]
  1. an indigenous open-air market selling produce, small livestock and artwork

    Mexico · historical · masculine
  2. a modern street market or flea market selling a wide range of assorted goods

    Mexico · US · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tiyānquiztli (“it is a street market; marketplace”), perhaps through an unsuffixed possessive form, cf. īntiyānquiz (“it is their street market; marketplace”).

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