saltillo

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noun

In Mexican languages, especially Nahuatl, a glottal stop or fricative sound.

OriginSpanish saltillo →
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Meanings

saltillo1

nounsaltillo (plural saltillos)

plural saltillos

  1. In Mexican languages, especially Nahuatl, a glottal stop or fricative sound.
  2. In mostly Hispanophone countries, especially Mexico, an apostrophe-like letter (lowercase ꞌ and in some orthographies capital Ꞌ) used to represent a glottal stop.

Saltillo2

proper noun
  1. The capital and largest city of the state of Coahuila in Mexico.

Origin

  1. Spanishsaltillo
  2. Spanishsaltillo
  3. Englishsaltillo

Borrowed from Spanish saltillo.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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