Cacahuatepec

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Oaxaca, Mexico.
  2. A municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico, whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.
  3. A town in Guerrero, Mexico.

Pronunciation

/ˌkɑːkəwɑːˈtɛpɛk/

Word forms

Cacahuatepec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cacahuatepec, from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cacao”) + tepētl (“mountain”) + -c (“at, to, from”). The Nahuan word is a calque of a Mixtec word; compare San Juan Colorado Mixtec Yucu Suhva (“cacao mountain”).

Synonyms

San Juan Cacahuatepec
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