Tequila

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Tequillan, Tecuila (“place of tribute”).


Juchitán

→ English: Juchitán

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


Arriaga

Borrowed from Basque Arriaga (literally “stony place”), from harri (“stone”) + -aga (“place, abundance”).


Cárdenas

→ English: Cardenas

→ Ilocano: Cardenas

→ Pangasinan: Cardenas

→ Tagalog: Cardenas

→ Waray-Waray: Cardenas

From cárdenas, of Andalusian Arabic origin.


San Fernando

Named after King Ferdinand III of Castile.

named-after

San Fernando (a town in Chiapas, Mexico)


Tasquillo

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

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


Tlaxcalilla

From Tlaxcala + -illa, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Tlaxcallān (“place of tortillas”)), calqued from Mezquital Otomi Mahme (“place of tortillas”).


Xochapa

Borrowed 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

Xochapa (a town in Alcozauca de Guerrero, Guerrero, Mexico)


Chayuco

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

San Agustín Chayuco
San Agustín Chayuco#English

Chayuco (a town in San Agustín Chayuco, Jamiltepec district, Oaxaca, Mexico)


San Juan Colorado

San Juan Colorado
San Juan Colorado#English

San Juan Colorado (a town in Oaxaca, Mexico)


Panixtlahuaca

Panixtlahuaca (a town in Oaxaca, Mexico)


Teposcolula

→ English: Teposcolula

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

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San Pedro y San Pablo Teposcolula#English

San Pedro y San Pablo Teposcolula (a town in Oaxaca, Mexico)

San Juan Teposcolula
San Juan Teposcolula#English

San Juan Teposcolula (a town in Oaxaca, Mexico)


San Andrés Chicahuaxtla

→ English: San Andrés Chicahuaxtla

San Andrés Chicahuaxtla
San Andrés Chicahuaxtla#English

Putla Villa de Guerrero
Putla Villa de Guerrero#English

San Andrés Chicahuaxtla (a town in Putla Villa de Guerrero, Oaxaca, Mexico)


Juxtlahuaca

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


Yecapixtla

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Yacapīchtlān.


Sinanché

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


Cuajinicuilapa

Cuajinicuilapa (a town, a municipality of Guerrero, Mexico)


Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares

Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares
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Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares (a town and municipality of Michoacán, Mexico)


Panchimalco

From Nahuatl panchimallico (“on shields”).


Teocaltiche

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Teocaltillitzin (“place near the temple”).

Teocaltiche (a town and municipality of Jalisco, Mexico).


Ajijic

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Axixic (“place where water bubbles up”).