icpal

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noun

A kind of indigenous Mexican seat or bench.

OriginSpanish icpal ← Nahuan →
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Meanings

nounicpal (plural icpals)

plural icpals

  1. A kind of indigenous Mexican seat or bench.

    Spanish royalty sat arrogantly in an elaborate Fourth-of-July pavillion; the Moorish kings sat glumly on native leather icpal chairs.

    1931, Carleton Beals, Mexican Maize, page 114

Origin

  1. Nahuan
  2. Spanishicpal
  3. Englishicpal

Borrowed from Spanish icpal, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl icpalli.

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APA

icpal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icpal

MLA

“icpal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icpal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “icpal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icpal.

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