Etymology

Tehuantepec

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Today it means: A city in Oaxaca, Mexico. Full definition →

Spanish Tehuantepec ← Nahuan
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  1. Nahuan · derived from
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromTehuantepec
  3. English todayTehuantepec

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.

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