Sinanché

proper noun

A town in Yucatán, Mexico.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town in Yucatán, Mexico.
  2. A municipality of Yucatán, Mexico, whose municipal seat is the town of the same name.

Origin

  1. SpanishSinanché
  2. EnglishSinanché

Borrowed from Spanish Sinanché, from Yucatec Maya, from síinaʼancheʼ (“a kind of tree (Zanthoxylum caribaeum)”), from síinaʼan (“scorpion”) + cheʼ (“tree”).

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APA

Sinanché. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinanch%C3%A9

MLA

“Sinanché.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinanch%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sinanché,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinanch%C3%A9.

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