English Explanatory Dictionary

Chiapa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Clipping of Chiapa de Corzo.
  2. Former name of San Cristóbal de las Casas.
  3. Obsolete form of Chiapas: a state of Mexico.

Word forms

Chiapa

Etymology

From Spanish Chiapa, from the local Chiapaneca people, from Chiapan + -eco (“-ic, -ish”): forming demonyms), from Classical Nahuatl Chiapan, from chia (“chia, oilseed”) + either -pan (“upon; place of; place of the”) or -apan (“river, stream”), presumably in reference to the Grijalva.

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