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Oaxaca en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /wəˈhæ.kə/ (US)
  • /wɑːˈhɑː.kɑː/ (US)
  • /wɑˈʃɑː.kə/ (US)
  • /wəˈhɑː.kə/ (US)

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”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A semihard white cheese from the Oaxaca region of Mexico.

Forms

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Oaxacas Number=Plur lexicographic

Oaxaca en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /wəˈhæ.kə/ (US)
  • /wɑːˈhɑː.kɑː/ (US)
  • /wɑˈʃɑː.kə/ (US)
  • /wəˈhɑː.kə/ (US)

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”).

Meanings

  1. A city in Mexico.
  2. A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.
  3. A state of Mexico.
    • The hurricane’s heavy rain created rushing rivers in Oaxaca and neighboring Guerrero Thursday, killing at least one person in San Marcos. 2025 June 19, Mary Gilbert, “Erick, the strongest hurricane to hit Mexico so early in the year, triggers deadly flooding”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2025:
  4. A habitational surname from Spanish.

Deriveds

Oaxacan · Oaxacalifornia

Synonyms

Oaxaca City

Translations (34)

mr वाहाका (state of Mexico) · pl Oaxaca (municipality) · ctp Londaꞌa (city) · cta Londaꞌa (city) · es Oaxaca (city) · mjc Nunduva (city) · poe Conchia (state of Mexico) · poe Conchia (city) · es Oaxaca de Juárez (municipality) · nah Huāxyacac (state of Mexico) · mr वाहाका (city) · mpm Nunduva (city) · mr वाहाका (municipality) · mig nunduá (city) · zav Ḻaꞌ (city) · mih Nunduva (city) · mau Na⁴xi⁴ntsje⁴ (city) · zav Ḻa' (state of Mexico) · es Oaxaca de Juárez (city) · zpq Ḻa' (state of Mexico) · azg Nontsco (city) · zpq Ḻaꞌ (city) · pl Oaxaca (state of Mexico) · es Oaxaca (state of Mexico) · cmn 瓦哈卡州 (state of Mexico) · zai Oaxaca (city) · trs Acuej³ (city) · nci Huāxacac (city) · es Oaxaca (municipality) · hi वाख़ाका (city) · pl Oaxaca (city) · cmn 瓦哈卡 (city) · hi वाख़ाका (state of Mexico) · zai Lulá (city)