"Oaxaca" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /wə.ˈhæ.kə/ [US], /wə.ˈhɑː.kə/ [US], /wɑː.ˈhɑː.kɑː/ [US], /wɑˈʃɑː.kə/ [US] Audio: Es-Oaxaca.ogg
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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|Oaxaca}} Spanish Oaxaca, {{der|en|nci|Huāxyacac}} Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, {{m|nci|Huāxacatzin|t=name of a hill}} Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), {{m|nci|huāxin|tr=huaje}} huāxin (huaje), {{m|nci|yacatl|t=nose}} yacatl (“nose”), {{m|nci|-tzin|t=honorific suffix}} -tzin (“honorific suffix”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Oaxaca
  1. A city in Mexico. Categories (place): Cities in Mexico, Places in Mexico Translations (city): Nunduva (Chayuco Mixtec), Acuej³ (Chicahuaxtla Triqui), Huāxacac (Classical Nahuatl), Nontsco (Guerrero Amuzgo), Na⁴xi⁴ntsje⁴ (Huautla Mazatec), Lulá (Isthmus Zapotec), Oaxaca (Isthmus Zapotec), वाहाका (vāhākā) (Marathi), Conchia (San Juan Atzingo Popoloca), Nunduva (San Juan Colorado Mixtec), nunduá (San Miguel El Grande Mixtec), Oaxaca de Juárez [feminine] (Spanish), Oaxaca [feminine] (Spanish), Londaꞌa (Tataltepec Chatino), Londaꞌa (Western Highland Chatino), Ḻaꞌ (Yatzachi Zapotec), Nunduva (Yosondúa Mixtec), Ḻaꞌ (Zoogocho Zapotec)
    Sense id: en-Oaxaca-en-name-GG6WgrWG Disambiguation of 'city': 61 39 0 0
  2. A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name. Translations (municipality): वाहाका (vāhākā) (Marathi), Oaxaca de Juárez [feminine] (Spanish), Oaxaca [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Oaxaca-en-name-2DErr4JG Disambiguation of 'municipality': 0 91 4 5
  3. One of the 31 states of Mexico, formally the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, located in the southern part of the country, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Categories (place): States of Mexico Synonyms: Oaxaca City [city, cities, region, location] Translations (state of Mexico): 瓦哈卡 (Wǎhākǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), वाहाका (vāhākā) (Hindi), वाहाका (vāhākā) (Marathi), Huāxyacac (Nahuatl), Conchia (San Juan Atzingo Popoloca), Oaxaca [feminine] (Spanish), Ḻa' (Yatzachi Zapotec), Ḻa' (Zoogocho Zapotec)
    Sense id: en-Oaxaca-en-name-11WL2eMs Disambiguation of States of Mexico: 22 3 50 6 19 Disambiguation of 'state of Mexico': 40 0 60 1
  4. A habitational surname from Spanish.
    Sense id: en-Oaxaca-en-name-O3B9xRTU Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 21 25 34 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 0 30 17 38 14

Noun

IPA: /wə.ˈhæ.kə/ [US], /wə.ˈhɑː.kə/ [US], /wɑː.ˈhɑː.kɑː/ [US], /wɑˈʃɑː.kə/ [US] Audio: Es-Oaxaca.ogg Forms: Oaxacas [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|Oaxaca}} Spanish Oaxaca, {{der|en|nci|Huāxyacac}} Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, {{m|nci|Huāxacatzin|t=name of a hill}} Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), {{m|nci|huāxin|tr=huaje}} huāxin (huaje), {{m|nci|yacatl|t=nose}} yacatl (“nose”), {{m|nci|-tzin|t=honorific suffix}} -tzin (“honorific suffix”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Oaxaca (countable and uncountable, plural Oaxacas)
  1. A semihard white cheese from the Oaxaca region of Mexico. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Oaxaca-en-noun-w0SOmrJB

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          "municipal seat",
          "municipal seat"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One of the 31 states of Mexico, formally the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, located in the southern part of the country, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec."
      ],
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        [
          "Mexico",
          "Mexico"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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        "English surnames from Spanish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A habitational surname from Spanish."
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        [
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          "habitational"
        ],
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          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
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    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/wə.ˈhæ.kə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wə.ˈhɑː.kə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑː.ˈhɑː.kɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑˈʃɑː.kə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "topics": [
        "city",
        "cities",
        "region",
        "location"
      ],
      "word": "Oaxaca City"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "azg",
      "lang": "Guerrero Amuzgo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "San Pedro Amuzgos"
      ],
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Nontsco"
    },
    {
      "code": "cta",
      "lang": "Tataltepec Chatino",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Londaꞌa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ctp",
      "lang": "Western Highland Chatino",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Londaꞌa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "vāhākā",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "वाहाका"
    },
    {
      "code": "mau",
      "lang": "Huautla Mazatec",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Na⁴xi⁴ntsje⁴"
    },
    {
      "code": "mih",
      "lang": "Chayuco Mixtec",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Nunduva"
    },
    {
      "code": "mjc",
      "lang": "San Juan Colorado Mixtec",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Nunduva"
    },
    {
      "code": "mig",
      "lang": "San Miguel El Grande Mixtec",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "nunduá"
    },
    {
      "code": "mpm",
      "lang": "Yosondúa Mixtec",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Nunduva"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Huāxacac"
    },
    {
      "code": "poe",
      "lang": "San Juan Atzingo Popoloca",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Conchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Oaxaca de Juárez"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Oaxaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "trs",
      "lang": "Chicahuaxtla Triqui",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Acuej³"
    },
    {
      "code": "zai",
      "lang": "Isthmus Zapotec",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Lulá"
    },
    {
      "code": "zai",
      "lang": "Isthmus Zapotec",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Oaxaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "zav",
      "lang": "Yatzachi Zapotec",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Ḻaꞌ"
    },
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      "code": "zpq",
      "lang": "Zoogocho Zapotec",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Ḻaꞌ"
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "vāhākā",
      "sense": "municipality",
      "word": "वाहाका"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "municipality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Oaxaca de Juárez"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "municipality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Oaxaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Wǎhākǎ",
      "sense": "state of Mexico",
      "word": "瓦哈卡"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vāhākā",
      "sense": "state of Mexico",
      "word": "वाहाका"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "vāhākā",
      "sense": "state of Mexico",
      "word": "वाहाका"
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    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "state of Mexico",
      "word": "Huāxyacac"
    },
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      "code": "poe",
      "lang": "San Juan Atzingo Popoloca",
      "sense": "state of Mexico",
      "word": "Conchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of Mexico",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Oaxaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "zav",
      "lang": "Yatzachi Zapotec",
      "sense": "state of Mexico",
      "word": "Ḻa'"
    },
    {
      "code": "zpq",
      "lang": "Zoogocho Zapotec",
      "sense": "state of Mexico",
      "word": "Ḻa'"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Oaxaca"
}

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    "English proper nouns",
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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        "2": "nci",
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "m"
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "yacatl",
        "t": "nose"
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      "expansion": "yacatl (“nose”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "-tzin",
        "t": "honorific suffix"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish Oaxaca, from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (huaje) (Leucaena leucocephala) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).",
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    {
      "form": "Oaxacas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A semihard white cheese from the Oaxaca region of Mexico."
      ],
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          "white"
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          "Oaxaca"
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          "Mexico"
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      "ipa": "/wə.ˈhæ.kə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "ipa": "/wə.ˈhɑː.kə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/wɑː.ˈhɑː.kɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/wɑˈʃɑː.kə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "audio": "Es-Oaxaca.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/Es-Oaxaca.ogg/Es-Oaxaca.ogg.mp3",
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      "text": "Audio"
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Oaxaca cheese"
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  "word": "Oaxaca"
}

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