Xabizende

/ʒàbìˈzěndè/


Cacahuatepec

/ˌkɑːkəwɑːˈtɛpɛk/

Borrowed from Spanish Cacahuatepec, from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cacao”) + tepētl (“mountain”) + -c (“at, to, from”). The Nahuan word is a calque of a Mixtec word; compare San Juan Colorado Mixtec Yucu Suhva (“cacao mountain”).


San Vicente

→ Cebuano: San Vicente

→ Huave: Sevecend, San Vicen

→ Isthmus Zapotec: Xabizende

(obsolete) Juchitán (a city in Oaxaca, Mexico)


Londaꞌa

Cognate with Western Highland Chatino Londaꞌa.


Londaꞌa

Cognate with Tataltepec Chatino Londaꞌa.


Pinotepa Nacional

Borrowed from Spanish Pinotepa Nacional.


Pinotepa Nacional

Pinotepa Nacional
Pinotepa Nacional#English

Pinotepa Nacional (a city in Oaxaca, Mexico)


Nunduva

Cognate with Yosondúa Mixtec Nunduva, Chayuco Mixtec Nunduva, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec nunduá.


San Martín Itunyoso

Borrowed from Spanish San Martín Itunyoso, from San Martín (“Saint Martin”) + Itunyoso, from a Mixtec language.

San Martín Itunyoso
San Martín Itunyoso#English

A town, the capital of San Martín Itunyoso, Oaxaca, Mexico


Ndinuu

Cognate with San Miguel el Grande Mixtec ndījinu, Teposcolula Mixtec Disinuu.


Tlaxiaco

Borrowed from Spanish Tlaxiaco, from a Nahuan language, e.g. Classical Nahuatl Tlachquiyauhco, from tlachtli (“ballcourt”) + quiyahuitl (“rain”) + -co (locative suffix).


Tlaxiaco

→ English: Tlaxiaco

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, e.g. Classical Nahuatl Tlachquiyauhco, from tlachtli (“ballcourt”) + quiyahuitl (“rain”) + -co (locative suffix).

Tlaxiaco (a city, a municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico)


Cf. Chayuco Mixtec Nunduva, San Juan Colorado Mixtec Nundúvà, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec nunduá, Teposcolula Mixtec Nuunduvua, Yosondúa Mixtec Nunduva.

Oaxaca (a city, the state capital of Oaxaca, Mexico)


Naxistjë

naxi (“mountain”) + tsjë (“guaje”). Cf. Classical Nahuatl Huāxacac (“place of guaje-nose”).


ñuū sajin

Huajuapan de León
Huajuapan de León#English

Huajuapan de León (a city in Oaxaca, Mexico)


Suquitsui

[sˠṳ˧ ki˥ ˈt͜sˠwi̤˥˧]

su (“plain”) + *quitsui (“turtle”). Cf. tsui (“turtle”).


Tëtyen

[tˠæ̤˩ ˈtʲẽ̤˧]

Xequinde̱ ncjo̱ tsjoom Te̱tyen neiin.

1974, Oraciones sencillas en amuzgo y español, México, D.F.: El Instituto de Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 3:


Tehuantepec

Borrowed from Spanish Tehuantepec, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Tēcuāntepēc (literally “mountain of wild cats (jaguars, ocelots, etc.)”)), calqued from any of multiple local languages whose names for this city have similar meanings.

cog

[The City of Guaxaca] may conſiſt of at the moſt two thouſand Inhabitants, and are governed by a Spaniſh High Juſtice called Alcalde Major, whoſe power reacheth over all the Valley, and beyond it as farre as Nixapa, and almoſt to Tecoantepeque, a Sea Towne upon Mar del Zur.

1648, Thomas Gage, The English-American his Travail by Sea and Land: Or, a New Survey of the West-India’s, London: R. Cotes, page 86:


Tehuantepec

Borrowed from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Tēcuāntepēc (literally “mountain of wild cats (jaguars, ocelots, etc.)”)), calqued from any of multiple local languages whose names for this city have similar meanings.


Yacue̱j

Equivalent to yan (“place”) + cuêj (“edible plant”). Cf. Chicahuaxtla Triqui Acuej³.

Oaxaca de Juárez
Oaxaca de Juárez#English

Oaxaca de Juárez (a city, the state capital of Oaxaca, Mexico)


San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec

[ˌsãŋ ˌxwãm bau̯ˌt̪is.t̪a t̪uɣ̞s.t̪eˈpek]

San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec
San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec#English

San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec (a city in Oaxaca, Mexico)


Tuxtepec

San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec
San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec#Spanish

Ellipsis of San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec: A city in Oaxaca, Mexico


Asunción Nochixtlán

Compound name from Asunción + Nochixtlán, from Nahuatl Nochiztli.

Asunción Nochixtlán
w:Asunción Nochixtlán

Asunción Nochixtlán (a city in Oaxaca, Mexico)


瓦哈卡

/wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xä⁵⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xä⁵⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


Salina Cruz

Shortened from Spanish Salina de la Santa Cruz.

A city, a municipality and seaport in the state of Oaxaca, on the Pacific coast of Mexico.