Oaxaca

See also: oaxaca

English

Map of Mexico highlighting Oaxaca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Oaxaca, from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (huaje) (Leucaena leucocephala) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /wə.ˈhæ.kə/, /wə.ˈhɑː.kə/, /wɑː.ˈhɑː.kɑː/, /wɑˈʃɑː.kə/

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Proper noun

Oaxaca

1. A city in Mexico.
2. A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.
3. One of the 31 states of Mexico, formally the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, located in the southern part of the country, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
4. A habitational surname from Spanish.

Synonyms

• (city): Oaxaca City

Translations

city

• Amuzgo:

  San Pedro Amuzgos: Nontsco

• Chatino:

  Tataltepec: Londaꞌa

  Western Highland: Londaꞌa

• Marathi: वाहाका (vāhākā)
• Mazatec:

  Huautla: Na⁴xi⁴ntsje⁴

• Mixtec:

  Chayuco: Nunduva

  San Juan Colorado: Nunduva

  San Miguel El Grande: nunduá

  Yosondúa: Nunduva

• Nahuatl:

  Classical: Huāxacac

• Popoloca:

  San Juan Atzingo: Conchia

• Spanish: Oaxaca de Juárez f, Oaxaca (es) f
• Triqui:

  Chicahuaxtla: Acuej³

• Zapotec:

  Isthmus: Lulá, Oaxaca

  Yatzachi: Ḻaꞌ

  Zoogocho: Ḻaꞌ

municipality

• Marathi: वाहाका (vāhākā)
• Spanish: Oaxaca de Juárez f, Oaxaca (es) f

state of Mexico

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓦哈卡 (Wǎhākǎ)

• Hindi: वाहाका (vāhākā)
• Marathi: वाहाका (vāhākā)
• Nahuatl: Huāxyacac
• Popoloca:

  San Juan Atzingo: Conchia

• Spanish: Oaxaca (es) f
• Zapotec:

  Yatzachi: Ḻa'

  Zoogocho: Ḻa'

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Oaxaca is the 34707^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Oaxaca is most common among Hispanic/Latino (93.7%) individuals.

Noun

Oaxaca (countable and uncountable, plural Oaxacas)

1. A semihard white cheese from the Oaxaca region of Mexico.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (“horse tamarind tree (Leucaena leucocephala)”) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w̝aˈxaka/ [w̝aˈxa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka

Proper noun

Oaxaca f

1. Oaxaca (a city in Mexico)
2. Oaxaca (a municipality of Mexico)
3. Oaxaca (a state of Mexico)

   Synonym: (abbreviation) OA

Related terms

• oaxaqueño

 

See also

• Oaxaca on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Turkish

Proper noun

Oaxaca

1. Oaxaca (a state of Mexico)