Word origins

• VilarromarísA civil parish of Oroso, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
• VilcanotaA mountain range in the southeast of Peru, part of the Andes.
• Villa ClaraA province of Cuba.
• Villa ConstituciónA city in Santa Fe province, Argentina.
• VillacortaA surname from Spanish.
• VillacresA surname from Spanish.
• VillaflorA surname from Spanish.
• VillagranaA surname from Spanish.
• Villa MercedesA city in San Luis province, Argentina.
• villancicoA traditional Spanish (or Portuguese) folk song with short stanzas and a refrain; now especially common as a Christmas carol.
• VillanedaA surname from Spanish.
• VillapandoA surname from Spanish.
• VillarinA surname from Spanish.
• VillistaA supporter of Pancho Villa (1878-1923), a leader of the Mexican Revolution.
• Viña del MarA seaside city in Valparaíso province, Valparaíso region, Chile, known for its music festival, beach resorts, and a monumental garden clock.
• ViñalesA surname from Spanish
• vinchucaThe kissing bug Triatoma infestans
• VindiolaA surname from Spanish.
• vinegaroonA whip scorpion (arachnid of order Thelyphonida), which when threatened may eject a liquid containing acetic acid.
• viruelaSynonym of apricot pseudopox (“a disease of apricots”).
• viscachaAny of the several South American rodents, native to the Andes Mountains, of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus.
• viscacheraA warren inhabited by viscachas.
• ViscarraA surname.
• ViveroA surname.
• voladorA flying fish of California (Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus).
• volapiéA mortal thrust to the bull. The bullfighter runs towards the stationary bull, facing it head-on, jumps on top of it and thrusts the estocada into the bull's back.
• vomitoThe most virulent form of yellow fever.
• Vuelta a EspañaAn annual long-distance cycling race in Spain.
• war to the knifeMortal combat; fighting to the death.
• webnovelaA Latin American or European dramatized series, inspired by fan fiction, that is presented as a set of video chapters on the internet.
• WencesA surname from Spanish.
• White LegendA set of pro-Hispanic ideas attempting to counterbalance the anti-Hispanic Black Legend (Spanish Leyenda Negra).
• work frontOpportunities to perform construction works in a given period.
• xenointoxicationA form of pest control in which an ectoparasite's host animal is dosed with a substance that is poisonous to the parasite.
• XibalbaThe underworld in Mayan mythology.
• XochapaA town in Alcozauca de Guerrero, Guerrero, Mexico.
• XochistlahuacaA town in Guerrero, Mexico.
• XocomilA wind over Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
• xoconostleA prickly pear cactus of species Opuntia matudae, native to Central Mexico.
• xucA danceable traditional music style from El Salvador developed in the 1940s; a dance related to said style.
• yaccaEither of two large evergreens of the West Indies, Podocarpus coriaceus and Podocarpus purdieanus.
• yaconThe Peruvian ground apple, Smallanthus sonchifolius
• yageAyahuasca.
• yanosA surname from Spanish.
• YayantiqueA town in La Unión department, El Salvador.
• YbanezA Hispanic and Filipino surname from Spanish.
• YecapixtlaA town in Morelos, Mexico.
• YepezA surname from Spanish.
• YepizA surname from Mexico.
• yerbalA field for growing maté.
• yerba mansaA fragrant plant, used medicinally, and native to the southern US and northern Mexico, Anemopsis californica.
• yerba mateIlex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté.
• yerba santaAny of a group of plants native to southwestern North America. Eriodictyon californicum or other species in the genus Eriodictyon, which have traditionally been used medicinally.
• yermicCharacteristic of a desert.
• yeroA surname from Spanish.
• YoloaiquínA town in Morazán department, El Salvador.
• YosondúaA town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
• YosoyuxiA village in Santiago Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
• YucatánA peninsula in North America incorporating the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo as well as Belize and northeastern Guatemala.
• YucuaiquínA town in La Unión department, El Salvador.
• YucunicocoA community in Santiago Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
• yugadaA traditional Spanish unit of land area, equivalent to about 32.2 hectares.
• yungaAn area of forest in the eastern Andes, located between the highlands and eastern forests.
• ZaballosA surname from Spanish.
• zabraA small sailing vessel used off the coasts of Spain and Portugal.
• ZacatecoA member of a Native American indigenous group who inhabited most of what is now the state of Zacatecas and the northeastern part of Durango.
• ZacatecolucaA town in La Paz department, El Salvador.
• zaguanA passageway of a central passage plan house, or the complex as a whole, in Territorial or Territorial Revival architecture in the American Southwest.
• ZaldanaA surname from Spanish.
• ZalduaA surname.
• zamacuecaAn ancient colonial dance and music that originated in the Viceroyalty of Peru, taking its roots from African, Spanish, and Andean rhythms.
• Zamboanga ChavacanoA Spanish-based creole language spoken in the Philippines.
• Zamboanga del NorteA province of Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Dipolog.
• Zamboanga del SurA province of Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Pagadian. Largest city: Zamboanga City.
• Zamboanga SibugayA province of Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Ipil.
• zambombaA Spanish friction drum, consisting of a ceramic pot with a skin and a pole in the middle. To play it, the stick is rubbed to make a deep sound
• zambraA flamenco dance associated with Andalusia.
• ZambranaA surname.
• ZanatepecA town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
• zanjaAn irrigation canal in Latin America.
• zanjeAn irrigating canal.
• zanjeroAn official in charge of distributing water supplies in Latin America.
• zapateadoA Mexican dance of Spanish-Indo origin characterized by a lively rhythm punctuated by the striking of the dancer's shoes.
• zapateoA competitive stamping dance with percussive footwork, historically popular among the gauchos of South America.
• ZapatismoThe political beliefs of the Zapatistas.
• zaqueA ruler in the northern area of Muisca.
• ZarazuaA surname.
• ZarragaA surname.
• ZavaletaA surname.
• ZegarraA surname.
• ZeladaA surname from Spanish.
• ZelayetaA surname.
• ZeronA surname from Spanish.
• zopiloteA New World vulture of the family Cathartidae, especially the black vulture (Coragyps atratus).
• ZoraidaA female given name from Spanish.
• zorilloStriped skunk
• zorinoskunk fur used to make clothing
• ZoroastricSynonym of Zoroastrian.
• ZubiaA surname.
• ZubiateA surname.