Meanings
- A town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Synonyms: San Mateo Etlatongo
- A municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Synonyms: San Mateo Etlatongo
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
proper nounA municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Origin
- Nahuan
- SpanishEtlatongo
- EnglishEtlatongo
Borrowed from Spanish Etlatongo, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl *Etlāntōnco (literally “little place of beans”)), a partial calque from a Mixtec language (cf. Teposcolula Mixtec Yucunduchi (literally “mountain of beans”)). The diminutive suffix -tōnco was added to distinguish it from Etlān (“Etla”, another town about 55 km away).
More words from Spanish, Nahuan
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Spanish Etlatongo, San Mateo Etlatongo
- Etlatongotown
- San Mateo Etlatongotown
- Etlatongomunicipality
- San Mateo Etlatongomunicipality
Cite this entry
Etlatongo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Etlatongo
“Etlatongo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Etlatongo. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Etlatongo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Etlatongo.
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