English Explanatory Dictionary

Tehuantepec

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Oaxaca, Mexico.
  2. A municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.
  3. A district of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Word forms

Tehuantepec Tecoantepeque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tehuantepec, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Tēcuāntepēc (literally “mountain of wild cats (jaguars, ocelots, etc.)”)), calqued from any of multiple local languages whose names for this city have similar meanings.

Synonyms

Santo Domingo Tehuantepec

Derived words

Isthmus of Tehuantepec
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