Yucatán
See also: Yucatan
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Yucatán. Several etymologies for this name have been proposed:
- Perhaps the most well-known is where it is said to derive from Tabasco Chontal Yokot'an, being either tectetan, meaning “I do not understand you” or uyutan, uyukatan, or yukutan, “listen to them talk!”.
- Bernal Diaz derived the name from the vegetable yuca + tale, a hillock in which the tuber is planted.
Proper noun edit
Yucatán
- A peninsula in North America incorporating the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo as well as Belize and northeastern Guatemala.
- A state of Mexico.
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Translations edit
a peninsula in North America
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a state in Mexico
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Czech edit
Proper noun edit
Yucatán m inan
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Tabasco Chontal Yokot'an.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: Yu‧ca‧tán
Proper noun edit
Yucatán m
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See also edit
- Yucatán on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Turkish edit
Proper noun edit
Yucatán