Etymology

Anahuac

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Today it means: A city, the county seat of Chambers County, Texas, United States. Full definition →

Spanish Anáhuac ← Classical Nahuatl ānāhuac
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The story

  1. Classical Nahuatl · derived fromānāhuac“land by the waters”
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromAnáhuac
  3. English todayAnahuac

Borrowed from Spanish Anáhuac, in turn derived from Classical Nahuatl ānāhuac (“land by the waters”), made of atl (“water”) + nahuac (“close to”).

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