Meanings
proper noun
- A city, a municipality of Chiapas, Mexico.
A sample of screwworms collected in the morning are displayed at a veterinary clinic in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico on 4 July 2025.
2025 August 25, “First human case of flesh-eating screwworm parasite confirmed in US”, in The Guardian, sourced from Reuters, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025
Origin
- SpanishTapachula
- EnglishTapachula
Borrowed from Spanish Tapachula, of Nahuatl origin.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 答巴租罅
- 答巴租罅 (daap³ baa¹ zou¹ laa³)city in Chiapas, Mexico
Chinese Mandarin 塔帕丘拉
- 塔帕丘拉 (Tǎpàqiūlā)city in Chiapas, Mexico
Spanish Tapachula
- Tapachulacity in Chiapas, Mexico
Cite this entry
APA
Tapachula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tapachula
MLA
“Tapachula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tapachula. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tapachula,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tapachula.
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