Zinacantán

proper noun

A municipality (municipio) in Chiapas, Mexico, more fully San Lorenzo Zinacantán.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Zinacantan

  1. A municipality (municipio) in Chiapas, Mexico, more fully San Lorenzo Zinacantán.

Origin

From Spanish Zinacantán, from Nahuatl Tzinacantlan "place of bats", from tzinacan "bat" + -tlan. Compare Tzotzil (the local language of Zinacantán) sots'leb with the same meaning.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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