Meanings
proper noun
- A city and municipality of Jalisco, Mexico.
Valeria Marquez was addressing her TikTok followers in a livestream from her beauty salon in Zapopan, Mexico, when someone arrived at her door to deliver a small parcel.
2025 May 14, Hira Humayun, Avery Schmitz and Veronica Calderon, “TikTok beauty influencer shot dead during live stream in Mexico”, in CNN
Origin
- Classical NahuatlTzapopan
- SpanishZapopan
- EnglishZapopan
Borrowed from Spanish Zapopan, from Classical Nahuatl Tzapopan.
More words from Spanish, Classical Nahuatl
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APA
Zapopan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zapopan
MLA
“Zapopan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zapopan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zapopan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zapopan.
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