Totonicapán

proper noun

A city in Guatemala.

OriginSpanish Totonicapán ← Nahuan →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in Guatemala.
  2. A department of Guatemala.

Origin

  1. Nahuan
  2. SpanishTotonicapán
  3. EnglishTotonicapán

Borrowed from Spanish Totonicapán, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Pipil tutūnik (“hot”) + āpan (“river”)); calqued from K'iche' Chuwiʼ Meqʼinaʼ (“above the hot water”) or Kaqchikel Chimekʼenyaʼ (“place of hot water”).

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Translations

Spanish Totonicapán
  • Totonicapáncity
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APA

Totonicapán. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Totonicap%C3%A1n

MLA

“Totonicapán.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Totonicap%C3%A1n. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Totonicapán,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Totonicap%C3%A1n.

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