English Explanatory Dictionary

Acayucan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Veracruz, Mexico.
  2. A municipality of Veracruz, Mexico, whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.

Word forms

Acayucan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Acayucan, from a Nahuan language (cf. Classical Nahuatl Ācayohcān (“place covered in reeds”, name of Acayuca, Hidalgo)), calqued from Popoluca; cf. Highland Popoluca Ca̱pñɨɨm (ca̱pi (“arrow”)), Oluta Popoluca Capeꞌnʉ̱p (cape (“reed”)), Sayula Popoluca Capnʉꞌm (cap (“reed”)). Doublet of Acayuca.

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