"Chiapas" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Spanish Chiapas, from the area's first Spanish encomienda Villa Real de Chiapa (“Royal Town of Chiapa”) or Chiapa de los Indios (“Indian Chiapa”, now Chiapa de Corzo) and long-time capital Chiapa de los Españoles (“Spaniard Chiapa”) or Ciudad Real de Chiapa (“Royal City of Chiapa”, now San Cristóbal de las Casas), both named after the local Chiapaneca people, from Chiapan + -eco (“-ic, -ish”): forming demonyms), from Classical Nahuatl Chiapan, from chia (“chia, oilseed”) + either -pan (“upon; place of; place of the”) or -apan (“river, stream”), presumably in reference to the Grijalva. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|Chiapas}} Spanish Chiapas, {{m|es|villa|Villa}} Villa, {{m|es|real|Real}} Real, {{m|es|de}} de, {{m|es|Chiapa||Royal Town of Chiapa}} Chiapa (“Royal Town of Chiapa”), {{m|es|Chiapa}} Chiapa, {{m|es|de}} de, {{m|es|los}} los, {{m|es|indios|Indios}} Indios, {{m|es|Chiapa}} Chiapa, {{m|es|de}} de, {{m|es|los}} los, {{m|es|españoles|Españoles|Spaniard Chiapa}} Españoles (“Spaniard Chiapa”), {{m|es|ciudad|Ciudad}} Ciudad, {{m|es|real|Real}} Real, {{m|es|de}} de, {{m|es|Chiapa}} Chiapa, {{m|es|Chiapaneca}} Chiapaneca, {{m|es|Chiapan}} Chiapan, {{m|es|-eco||-ic, -ish}} -eco (“-ic, -ish”), {{der|en|nci|Chiapan}} Classical Nahuatl Chiapan, {{m|nci|chia||chia, oilseed}} chia (“chia, oilseed”), {{m|nci|-pan||upon; place of; place of the}} -pan (“upon; place of; place of the”), {{m|nci|-apan||river, stream}} -apan (“river, stream”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Chiapas
  1. A state of Mexico. Wikipedia link: Chiapas Categories (place): Chiapas, Places in Mexico, States of Mexico Synonyms: CS, Chiapa [obsolete] Translations (state of Mexico): 恰帕斯 (Qiàpàsī) (Chinese Mandarin), 芝邑巴 (Zhīyìbā) [dated] (Chinese Mandarin), Chyapas (Chol), Chiapas (Galician), चिआपास (ciāpās) [neuter] (Marathi), Chiapas [masculine] (Spanish), Chyapas (Tzeltal), Chyapas (Tzotzil)
    Sense id: en-Chiapas-en-name-007BUq0- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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