Escuintenango

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proper noun

A former town in Chiapas, Mexico.

OriginSpanish Escuintenango ← Nahuan →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative obsolete Izquintenango

  1. A former town in Chiapas, Mexico.

    After the week was ended my French friend the Prior conducted mee to Izquintenango, to ſee mee well furniſhed up the Mountaines of Cuchumatlanes. This Towne (as I have formerly obſerved) ſtandeth almoſt at the end of the Valley of Copanabaſtla, and within two leagues of the Cuchumatlanes.

    1648, Thomas Gage, The English-American his Travail by Sea and Land: Or, a New Survey of the West-India’s, London: R. Cotes, page 111

Origin

  1. Nahuan
  2. SpanishEscuintenango
  3. EnglishEscuintenango

Borrowed from Spanish Escuintenango, from a Nahuan language; literally "dog city" (cf. Classical Nahuatl itzcuintli (“dog”)).

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APA

Escuintenango. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Escuintenango

MLA

“Escuintenango.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Escuintenango. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Escuintenango,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Escuintenango.

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