Meanings
alternative obsolete Tapanatepeque
- A town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Now from Ecatepeque wee could diſcover the high mountaines of Quelenes, which were ſubject of moſt of our diſcourſe to Sanatepeque, and from thence to Tapanatepeque.
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 89Synonyms: San Pedro Tapanatepec
- A municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Synonyms: San Pedro Tapanatepec
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
proper nounA municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Origin
- Nahuan
- SpanishTapanatepec
- EnglishTapanatepec
Borrowed from Spanish Tapanatepec, from a Nahuan language.
More words from Spanish, Nahuan
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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