Zinacantán

See also: Zinacantan

English

Alternative forms

• Zinacantan

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Zinacantán

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Tzinacantlan (“place of bats”), from tzinacan (“bat”) + -tlan. Compare Tzotzil sots'leb (the local language of Zinacantán) with the same meaning.

Proper noun

Zinacantán m

1. Zinacantán