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Teposcolula Mixtec
Etymology
ñuu (“polity”) + ca (“metal”); calque of Nahuan, e.g. Classical Nahuatl Tepoztlān (literally “place of metal”).
Proper noun
ñuuca
- Tepoztlán (a town in Morelos, Mexico).
References
- Reyes, Antonio de los (1593) Arte en lengua mixteca (in Spanish), Alençon: Typographie E. Renaut-De Broise, published 1889, page 92