Etymology

Escuintenango

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Today it means: A former town in Chiapas, Mexico. Full definition →

Spanish Escuintenango ← Nahuan
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  1. Nahuan · derived from
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromEscuintenango
  3. English todayEscuintenango

Borrowed from Spanish Escuintenango, from a Nahuan language; literally "dog city" (cf. Classical Nahuatl itzcuintli (“dog”)).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.