Word origins

• mooterA disputer of a mooted case.
• Mopan RiverA river beginning in the Petén department of Guatemala and flowing into the Cayo district of Belize where it merges with the Macal River to form the Belize River.
• MoqueguaA city, department, and district of Peru.
• MorandoA surname.
• MorazanA surname from Spanish.
• MorazánA department of El Salvador.
• morcillaA Spanish blood sausage, sometimes with rice and onions as ingredients.
• moriscoA Moor, especially one who had converted to Christianity.
• MorochoA surname from Spanish.
• morocotaA twenty-dollar coin of Venezuela.
• morongaA Central American sausage made from pigs' blood.
• MorontaA surname from Spanish.
• Moro ProvinceA former province of the Philippines under the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, succeeded by the Department of Mindanao and Sulu
• mother lodeA large or rich vein of gold or of another precious mineral from which other branches extend.
• mototaxistaThe driver of a mototaxi.
• Mountain ProvinceA province of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Bontoc.
• Mount DiabloA mountain in Contra Costa County, California.
• MozarabAn Iberian Christian living under Arab domination.
• mozoA male servant, especially an attendant to a bullfighter.
• much grassThanks!
• muchos graciasThank you very much.
• MudéjarOf or pertaining to the Moors of al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.
• muermoEucryphia cordifolia, a South American tree.
• mujeradoAmong Puebloan peoples, a man who was notionally transformed into a woman and took the passive role in the sexual relations.
• muladaA drove of mules.
• mulatoa chili pepper (Capsicum annuum), related to the poblano and usually sold dried.
• muletaA red flag used by bullfighters.
• mulitaDasypus hybridus, the southern long-nosed armadillo.
• mundungusOffal; waste animal product; organic matter unfit for consumption.
• muscovadoAn unrefined brown sugar with a strong flavour of molasses.
• música cebollaA genre of Chilean music emphasising sentimentality and intimacy.
• musteefinoA child who is 1/16 black: the offspring of a mustee and a white parent.
• MuzquizA surname.
• nahualAn animal form which a person may take.
• nahuatlatoA person who is proficient in the Nahuatl language
• nahuatlismoSynonym of Nahuatlism.
• Nahuel Huapi LakeA lake in Nahuel Huapi National Park, Los Lagos department, Neuquén province and Bariloche department, Río Negro province, Argentina.
• NahuizalcoA town in Sonsonate department, El Salvador.
• NahulingoA town in Sonsonate department, El Salvador.
• NajarroA surname from Spanish.
• NambéOf or pertaining to the Nambé people or the variety of Tewa they speak.
• namousTo run away; to leave; to depart.
• NanezA surname from Spanish.
• ñáñiguismoThe beliefs and practices of the Abakuá.
• napha waterA perfume distilled from the orange blossom.
• naranjillaSolanum quitoense, a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America.
• narcocorridoA genre of Mexican music based on the polka, depicting drug smugglers, cartels, and other criminal activities.
• narcodolarnarcodollar
• NarroA surname from Spanish.
• NarvaizA surname.
• naseberryThe sapodilla tree.
• nata de cocoA chewy, translucent jelly produced by the fermentation of coconut water, a delicacy of the Philippines.
• National CatholicismThe hegemony of the Catholic Church over all aspects of public and private life, one aspect of Francoism.
• naulaA shallow stepped Himalayan well built on a natural spring.
• navajuelahard razor clam (Tagelus dombeii)
• NavaretteA surname from Spanish, variant of Navarrete.
• NavejarA surname from Spanish.
• NavotasAn independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines.
• NegrenseA native or inhabitant of the Philippine island of Negros
• NegrilloAn African Pygmy.
• Negros OccidentalA province of the Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Bacolod.
• Negros OrientalA province of the Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Dumaguete.
• NejapaA town in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
• nejayoteLeft over water after nixtamalization.
• NeocatechumenalOf or pertaining to the Neocatechumenal Way, a community-based Catholic movement founded in Madrid in 1964.
• Neo-MudéjarA type of Moorish Revival architecture popular in the Iberian Peninsula in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• neoperreoExperimental reggaeton.
• NeoricanOf or relating to natives or inhabitants of the mainland United States (especially New York) who are of Puerto Rican descent.
• NeuquénA province in western Argentina.
• Nevado SajamaA volcano in Sajama, Oruro department, Bolivia, the tallest peak in the country.
• NevaresA surname from Spanish.
• New GranadaA historical province in colonial South America corresponding to present-day Colombia and Ecuador.
• New IberiaA city, the parish seat of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States.
• New SongA leftist Hispanic folk music movement of the 70s and 80s.
• New SpainA former viceroyalty (a type of colony) in North America and Central America that existed from 1521 to 1821. It comprised of Spain's territorial possessions in the New World including the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and the Philippines, established following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521.
• New SpartaA state of Venezuela.
• NievaA surname from Spanish.
• niguaA tropical flea, the chigoe.
• Niño JesúsA neighbourhood (barrio) in Retiro district, Madrid, Spain.
• nisperoThe loquat, Eriobotrya japonica.
• NivarA surname from Spanish.
• nogadaA sauce made from walnuts and spices.
• no másno more
• Nombre de JesúsA town in Chalatenango department, El Salvador.
• no me gustaI do not like (this).
• nopalesThe leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.
• Norte de SantanderA mountainous department, in the north-east of Colombia, whose capital is Cúcuta.
• norteñaA song in the norteño genre.
• NovalichesAn unofficial district that spans northwestern Quezon City and northern Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines.
• novilladaA bullfight between a novillo and a novillero.
• novilleroA young trainee bullfighter (who fights against novillos).
• Nueva ConcepciónA town in Chalatenango department, El Salvador.
• Nueva EcijaA province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Palayan. Largest city: Cabanatuan.
• Nueva EspartaA town in La Unión department, El Salvador.
• Nueva GranadaA town in Usulután department, El Salvador.
• Nueva GuadalupeA town in San Miguel department, El Salvador.
• Nueva TrinidadA town in Chalatenango department, El Salvador.
• Nueva VizcayaA province of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Bayombong.
• Nuevo CuscatlánA town in La Libertad department, El Salvador.
• Nuevo Edén de San JuanA town in San Miguel department, El Salvador.