Oaxaca

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English

Map of Mexico highlighting Oaxaca

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”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /wəˈhæ.kə/, /wəˈhɑː.kə/, /wɑːˈhɑː.kɑː/, /wɑˈʃɑː.kə/

Proper noun

Oaxaca

  1. A city in Mexico.
  2. A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.
  3. 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.
  4. A habitational surname from Spanish.

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Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Oaxaca is the 34707th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Oaxaca is most common among Hispanic/Latino (93.7%) individuals.

Noun

Oaxaca (countable and uncountable, plural Oaxacas)

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  1. A semihard white cheese from the Oaxaca region of Mexico.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (“horse tamarind tree (Leucaena leucocephala)”) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).

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Proper noun

Oaxaca f

  1. Oaxaca (a city in Mexico)
  2. Oaxaca (a municipality of Mexico)
  3. Oaxaca (a state of Mexico)
    Synonym: (abbreviation) OA

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Turkish

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Proper noun

Oaxaca

  1. Oaxaca (a state of Mexico)
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