Etymology

Michoacan

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Spanish Michoacán ← Classical Nahuatl Michhuahcan
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The story

  1. Classical Nahuatl · derived fromMichhuahcan“place of fish”
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromMichoacán
  3. English todayMichoacan

Borrowed from Spanish Michoacán, from Classical Nahuatl Michhuahcan (“place of fish”).

Words from the same roots

Classical NahuatlMichhuahcan all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.