Meanings
- abbreviationclippingClipping of Chiapa de Corzo.
- historicalFormer name of San Cristóbal de las Casas.
CHIAPA, the capital of a province of the same name in Mexico, situated about 300 miles east of Acapulco: W. long. 98°, and N. lat. 16° 30′.
1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183
Origin
- Classical NahuatlChiapan
- SpanishChiapa
- EnglishChiapa
From Spanish Chiapa, from the local Chiapaneca people, from Chiapan + -eco (“-ic, -ish”): forming demonyms), from Classical Nahuatl Chiapan, from chia (“chia, oilseed”) + either -pan (“upon; place of; place of the”) or -apan (“river, stream”), presumably in reference to the Grijalva.
More words from Spanish, Classical Nahuatl
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Chiapa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chiapa
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