English Explanatory Dictionary

Etlatongo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
  2. A municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Word forms

Etlatongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Etlatongo, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl *Etlāntōnco (literally “little place of beans”)), a partial calque from a Mixtec language (cf. Teposcolula Mixtec Yucunduchi (literally “mountain of beans”)). The diminutive suffix -tōnco was added to distinguish it from Etlān (“Etla”, another town about 55 km away).

Synonyms

San Mateo Etlatongo
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