Meanings
- A town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Synonyms: Santiago Ixcuintepec
- A municipality of Oaxaca whose municipal seat is the town of the same name.
Synonyms: Santiago Ixcuintepec
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
proper nounA municipality of Oaxaca whose municipal seat is the town of the same name.
Origin
- Nahuan
- SpanishIxcuintepec
- EnglishIxcuintepec
Borrowed from Spanish Ixcuintepec, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Itzcuintepēc, from itzcuintli (“dog”) + tepētl (“mountain”) + -c (locative suffix)), calqued from a Mixe language (e.g. Totontepec Mixe Oc Cuvajcm, from oc (“dog”) + cuvajc (“head”)).
More words from Spanish, Nahuan
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Spanish Ixcuintepec, Ixcuintepec
- Ixcuintepectown
- Ixcuintepecmunicipality
Cite this entry
Ixcuintepec. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ixcuintepec
“Ixcuintepec.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ixcuintepec. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ixcuintepec,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ixcuintepec.
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