China

en-prop

China (usually uncountable, plural Chinas)

Chinas (plural)
Chin (alternative obsolete)
Chyna (alternative)

→ Amharic: ቻይና (čayna)

→ Chinese: 猜拿 (Cāiná)

→ Hindi: चाइना (cāinā)

→ Maori: Haina

→ Telugu: చైనా (cainā)

→ Tigre: ቻይና (čayna)

→ Tigrinya: ቻይና (čayna)

→ Tokelauan: Haina

→ Welsh: Tsieina

→ Yoruba: Ṣáínà

[ˈt͡ʃ(ʰ)aɪ̯nə]

China (disambiguation)
Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India
Duarte Barbosa
Garcia de Orta
Marco Polo
The Travels of Marco Polo
states of ancient China

From Portuguese China, from possibly Venetan Cina probably under influence from Old French Chin, from Classical Persian چین (čīn) under influence from Medieval Latin Sina (“China”), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (Čīn, “China”), from Sanskrit चीन (cīna, “the Chinese; China”) of uncertain etymology. It is usually thought to be derived from Chinese 秦 (Qín) (sm Qín, mc d͡ziɪn, oc *zin, "Qin"), the westernmost ancient Chinese state, but other theories have been proposed, including derivation from 晉 /晋 (jìn) (sm Jìn, mc t͡siɪn, oc *ʔsins, "Jin"), another important ancient state; 荊 /荆 (jīng) (sm Jīng, mc kˠiæŋ, oc *keŋ, "Chu"), the southernmost ancient Chinese state; or Zina, the endonym of the people of the Yelang kingdom. See "Names of China" and "Chinas" at Wikipedia. As a female name, usually derived via china (“porcelain”) and china doll, ultimately from the same source.

der

A municipality and town in Nuevo León, Mexico.


Madrid

A town in Tecomán Municipality, Colima, Mexico.


Tequila

From Spanish Tequila. Doublet of tequila.


Santiago

/sæntiˈɑːɡəʊ/

Chinese Filipino
Guan Yu
James, brother of Jesus
Jose Rizal
Santiago
Santiago (disambiguation)

From Spanish Santiago, ellision of earlier Sant'Iago and Sant Iago, from Latin Sanctus Iācōbus (“Saint James or holy James”), the latter word deriving from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Piecewise doublet of Saint James.
The Guan Yu sense among Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines is due to a syncretic association of the deified Chinese general with St. James, who are both known for their assertiveness and heroism, which non-Chinese and people in the Philippines like Jose Rizal during the 19th century first associated with and/or surmised the Chinese folk deities venerated by Chinese Filipinos on Chinese altars and prints with popular Christian or Muslim figures.

Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur#English

A small town in Los Cabos Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico.


Santa Cruz

From Spanish and Portuguese Santa Cruz (“Holy Cross”), various places named in honor of the True Cross upon which Jesus was crucified. Doublet of Holy Cross and Saint Croix.

Santa Cruz Municipality
Santa Cruz Municipality#English

A town in Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico.


Juchitán

Borrowed from Spanish Juchitán, from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Xōchitlān, from xōchitl (“flower”) + -tlān (“place”).


Madera

A town and municipality (Madera Municipality) in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.


San Marcos

From Spanish San Marcos (“Saint Mark”), various places usually named in honor of Mark the Evangelist.

A town, the seat of the municipality of San Marcos, Guerrero, Mexico.

A town and municipality of Jalisco, Mexico.


San Antonio

Borrowed from Spanish San Antonio, named after St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231), Franciscan friar.

A small town in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

A town and municipality of San Luis Potosí, Mexico.


Santa Isabel

A town and municipality in Chihuahua, Mexico.


San Fernando

From Spanish San Fernando.
The city in Trinidad and Tobago is named after King Ferdinand III of Castile.

named-after

Several locations in Latin America, Spain and the Philippines:.


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”).


Xochistlahuaca

Borrowed from Spanish Xochistlahuaca, from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl xōchitl (“flower”) + ixtlāhuacān (“plain”). The Nahuan word is a calque from Amuzgo; compare San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo Suntjaaꞌ (“flower plain”).


Cozoyoapan

Borrowed from Spanish Cozoyoapan, from a Nahuan language.


Solaga

Borrowed from Spanish Solaga, from a Zapotec language; cf. Yatzachi Zapotec Zoꞌoḻaguəꞌ, Zoogocho Zapotec Zoḻagaꞌ.


Huaquechula

Borrowed from Spanish Huaquechula, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl Cuāuhquechōllān.


Tolimán

Borrowed from Spanish Tolimán, from an Otomi language; cf. Mezquital Otomi Ntolimä.


Tequixquiac

From Classical Nahuatl tequixquitl (“saltpetre”) + atl (“water”) + -c (“place”).

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Santiago Tequixquiac
Santiago Tequixquiac#English

Ellipsis of Santiago Tequixquiac: a town, the administrative seat of Tequixquiac, State of Mexico, Mexico.


Tasquillo

Borrowed from Spanish Tasquillo, from *Tasco + -illo (diminutive suffix), from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Tlachco (“ballcourt place”)). Compare Spanish Taxco (city in Guerrero).


Mixquiahuala

Borrowed from Spanish Mixquiahuala, from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Mizquiyahuallān (“place of round mesquite”)). C.f. Mezquital Otomi Ntꞌähi (“place of mesquite”).


Tepenixtlahuaca

Borrowed from Spanish Tepenixtlahuaca, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl ixtlahuacan (“a plain”).


Coba

en-proper noun

Coba (countable and uncountable, plural Cobas)

Borrowed from Galician and Spanish Coba.

A small town in Mexico, formerly a Mayan city.


Xochapa

Borrowed from Spanish Xochapa, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl xōchitl (“flower”) + āpan (“river”)), calqued from a Mixtec language, e.g. Alcozauca Mixtec I̱ta Ita (literally “flower river”).

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Alcozauca de Guerrero
Alcozauca de Guerrero#English

A town in Alcozauca de Guerrero, Guerrero, Mexico.


Ocotepec

Borrowed from Spanish Ocotepec, from Classical Nahuatl Ocotepēc (or an equivalent in another Nahuan language), from ocotl (“pine tree”) + tepētl (“mountain”) + -c (locative suffix).

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A town in Mixe district, Oaxaca, Mexico.

A town in Tlacolula district, Oaxaca, Mexico.


Ocotepec

Borrowed from Spanish Ocotepec, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Ocotepēc), calqued from a Mixtec language.

A town in Tlaxiaco district, Oaxaca, Mexico.


Santo Tomás Ocotepec

Borrowed from Spanish Santo Tomás Ocotepec.


Ixcuintepec

Borrowed from Spanish Ixcuintepec, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Itzcuintepēc, from itzcuintli (“dog”) + tepētl (“mountain”) + -c (locative suffix)), calqued from a Mixe language (e.g. Totontepec Mixe Oc Cuvajcm, from oc (“dog”) + cuvajc (“head”)).


Oaxtepec

Borrowed from Spanish Oaxtepec, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl Huāxtepēc, equivalent to huāxin (a type of tree) + tepētl (“mountain”) + -c (locative suffix).


Chayuco

Borrowed from Spanish Chayuco, from a Mixtec language; cf. San Juan Colorado Mixtec Tsàhà Yùcù.

San Agustín Chayuco
San Agustín Chayuco#English

A town in San Agustín Chayuco, Jamiltepec district, Oaxaca, Mexico.


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.


San Juan Colorado

Borrowed from Spanish San Juan Colorado.


Panixtlahuaca

Borrowed from Spanish Panixtlahuaca, from a Nahuan language.

KchenA SkwiE (alternative)
Ktʃẽ-low tone Skwi-high tone (alternative)
Panistlahuaca (alternative obsolete)


Teposcolula

Borrowed from Spanish Teposcolula, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl Tepozcolōllān (literally “place of metal hooks”).


San Pedro y San Pablo Teposcolula

Borrowed from Spanish San Pedro y San Pablo Teposcolula.


San Andrés Chicahuaxtla

Borrowed from Spanish San Andrés Chicahuaxtla.

Putla Villa de Guerrero
Putla Villa de Guerrero#English

A town in Putla Villa de Guerrero, Oaxaca, Mexico.


Juxtlahuaca

Borrowed from Spanish Juxtlahuaca, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl xiuh- (“year”) + ixtlāhuacan (“plain”)), calqued from a Mixtec language (equivalent to Proto-Mixtec *yosoʔ (“plain”) + *kʷìyà (“year”)).


Putla

Borrowed from Spanish Putla, from a Nahuan language.


Etlatongo

Borrowed from Spanish Etlatongo, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl *Etlāntōnco (literally “little place of beans”)), a partial calque from a Mixtec language (cf. Teposcolula Mixtec Yucunduchi (literally “mountain of beans”)). The diminutive suffix -tōnco was added to distinguish it from Etlān (“Etla”, another town about 55 km away).


Tapanatepec

Borrowed from Spanish Tapanatepec, from a Nahuan language.

Now from Ecatepeque wee could diſcover the high mountaines of Quelenes, which were ſubject of moſt of our diſcourſe to Sanatepeque, and from thence to Tapanatepeque.

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 89:


Zanatepec

Borrowed from Spanish Zanatepec, from a Nahuan language, equivalent to Classical Nahuatl *Tzanatepēc (literally “grackle mountain”).

In Sanatepeque wee met with a Frier who gave us ſtately entertainment, and from thence gave us Indians to guide us to Tapanatepeque

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 90:


Yecapixtla

Borrowed from Spanish Yecapixtla, from Classical Nahuatl Yacapīchtlān.


Sinanché

Borrowed from Spanish Sinanché, from Yucatec Maya, from síinaʼancheʼ (“a kind of tree (Zanthoxylum caribaeum)”), from síinaʼan (“scorpion”) + cheʼ (“tree”).


Chicxulub

/ˌt͡ʃɪkʃəˈluːb/

From Yucatec Maya ch’ik (“flea”) + Yucatec Maya xulub (“devil, demon”) — "devil's flea".

A town in Yucatán, Mexico, famous for being near the geographic center of the Chicxulub crater.


Sonoyta

Borrowed from Spanish Sonoyta, itself from O'odham Ṣon Oidag.


La Huerta

Borrowed from Spanish La Huerta f (literally “The Garden; The Orchard”), from Spanish huerta f (“garden, orchard”).


Santiago Juxtlahuaca

A town and municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.


Xico

A town and municipality of Veracruz, Mexico.


Ecatzingo

Ecatzingo de Hidalgo
Ecatzingo de Hidalgo#English

Ellipsis of Ecatzingo de Hidalgo: a town, the administrative seat of Ecatzingo, State of Mexico, Mexico.