Oaxaca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Mexico.
  2. A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.
  3. A state of Mexico.
  4. A habitational surname from Spanish.
noun
  1. A semihard white cheese from the Oaxaca region of Mexico.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Oaxaca (the cheese)

Pronunciation

/wəˈhæ.kə/ /wəˈhɑː.kə/ /wɑːˈhɑː.kɑː/ /wɑˈʃɑː.kə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Oaxaca.wav

Word forms

Oaxaca Oaxacas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Oaxaca, from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (huaje) (Leucaena leucocephala) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).

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