Etymology

Tijuana

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Today it means: The largest city in Baja California, Mexico, by the American border with San Diego. Full definition →

Spanish Tijuana ← Kumeyaay Tiwan
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The story

  1. Kumeyaay · derived fromTiwan
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromTijuana
  3. English todayTijuana

Borrowed from Spanish Tijuana, possibly from Kumeyaay Tiwan (literally “by-the-sea”).

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