Oaxaca

English

Map of Mexico highlighting Oaxaca

Etymology

Borrowed from Nahuatl Huāxyacac (“place of guaje trees”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /wɑːˈhɑː.kɑː/, /wəˈhɑː.kɑː/
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Proper noun

Oaxaca

  1. 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.
  2. The largest city in the state of Oaxaca, for which the state is named.

Translations

Noun

Oaxaca (countable and uncountable, plural Oaxacas)

  1. A white, semihard cheese from Mexico.

Spanish

Etymology

Nahuatl Huāxyacac (“place of guaje trees”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a

Proper noun

Oaxaca f

  1. A state of Mexico.

Synonyms

  • OA (abbreviation)

See also

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