name
Meaning 1
A city in Mexico.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Oaxaca
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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US: /wəˈhæ.kə/
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US: /wəˈhɑː.kə/
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US: /wɑːˈhɑː.kɑː/
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US: /wɑˈʃɑː.kə/
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name
Meaning 2
A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.
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name
Meaning 3
A state of Mexico.
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name
Meaning 4
A habitational surname from Spanish.
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noun
Meaning 5
A semihard white cheese from the Oaxaca region of Mexico.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Alternative form of Oaxaca (the cheese)
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 7
a city of southeastern Mexico
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Oaxaca de Juarez
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: Nontsco — city
- Tataltepec Chatino: Londaꞌa — city
- Western Highland Chatino: Londaꞌa — city
- Chinese Mandarin: 瓦哈卡 (Wǎhākǎ) — city
- Hindi: वाख़ाका (vāxākā) — city
- Marathi: वाहाका (vāhākā) — city
- Huautla Mazatec: Na4xi4ntsje4 — city
- Chayuco Mixtec: Nunduva — city
- San Juan Colorado Mixtec: Nunduva — city
- San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: nunduá — city
- Yosondúa Mixtec: Nunduva — city
- Classical Nahuatl: Huāxacac — city
- Polish: Oaxaca — city
- San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: Conchia — city
- Spanish: Oaxaca de Juárez — city
- Spanish: Oaxaca (Oashaca, Oajaca) — city
- Chicahuaxtla Triqui: Acuej3 — city
- Isthmus Zapotec: Lulá — city
- Isthmus Zapotec: Oaxaca — city
- Yatzachi Zapotec: Ḻaꞌ — city
- Zoogocho Zapotec: Ḻaꞌ — city
- Marathi: वाहाका (vāhākā) — municipality
- Polish: Oaxaca — municipality
- Spanish: Oaxaca de Juárez — municipality
- Spanish: Oaxaca (Oashaca, Oajaca) — municipality
- Chinese Mandarin: 瓦哈卡州 (Wǎhākǎ zhōu) — state of Mexico
- Hindi: वाख़ाका (vāxākā) — state of Mexico
- Marathi: वाहाका (vāhākā) — state of Mexico
- Nahuatl: Huāxyacac — state of Mexico
- Polish: Oaxaca — state of Mexico
- San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: Conchia — state of Mexico
- Spanish: Oaxaca (Oashaca, Oajaca) — state of Mexico
- Yatzachi Zapotec: Ḻa' — state of Mexico
- Zoogocho Zapotec: Ḻa' — state of Mexico
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