Zacatecas
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Map of Mexico highlighting Zacatecas
English
Etymology
From Nahuatl zacatēcah (“people of the place of grass”), from zacatl (“grass”).
Proper noun
Zacatecas
- A state of Mexico.
Translations
state of Mexico
See also
| States: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · Mexico · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas |
| Autonomous city: Mexico City |
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zacatēcah (“people of the place of grass”), from zacatl (“grass”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θakaˈtekas/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sakaˈtekas/
- Rhymes: -ekas
- Syllabification: Za‧ca‧te‧cas
Proper noun
Zacatecas m
Related terms
See also
| Estados: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · México · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas |
| Ciudad autónoma: Ciudad de México |
Turkish
Proper noun
Zacatecas