"Colima" meaning in Spanish

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Proper name

IPA: /koˈlima/, [koˈli.ma]
Rhymes: -ima Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Collimān (the name of a historic kingdom roughly situated in modern-day Colima), of uncertain exact morphology; however, the most probable proposed etymology is the following: * Based on the hieroglyph for Collimān in the Codex Mendoza, depicting a bent arm with water, the linguist Javier Bravo Magaña reconstructs a Classical Nahuatl *Ācollimān, derived from a compound of ātl (“water”) + acolli (literally “shoulder”) + -mān (locative suffix). Magaña identifies the attested form Collimān as a shortened variant derived via apheresis of the initial /a/, a phonetic shift which has also been observed in some other Nahuatl toponyms. In toponyms, acolli is used metaphorically to describe the bending of a nearby river; thus, the toponym *Ācollimān would roughly mean "place where the water twists" or "place of the river bend". The historian Ernesto Terríquez Sámano supports this theory further by positing that the "bent arm" glyph is actually a hydrographic map of the Armería River at Caxitlán (the capital city of Collimān), where it makes a distinct elbow-like turn. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|nci|Collimān|pos=the name of a historic kingdom roughly situated in modern-day Colima}} Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Collimān (the name of a historic kingdom roughly situated in modern-day Colima), {{unc|nci|nocap=1|nocat=1}} uncertain, {{der|es|nci|*Ācollimān}} Classical Nahuatl *Ācollimān, {{glossary|compound}} compound, {{com+|nci|ātl|acolli|-mān|lit2=shoulder|nocap=1|nocat=1|pos3=locative suffix|t1=water}} compound of ātl (“water”) + acolli (literally “shoulder”) + -mān (locative suffix) Head templates: {{es-proper noun|f}} Colima f
  1. a city and state of Mexico. Wikipedia link: Armería River, Codex Mendoza, apheresis Tags: feminine Categories (place): Cities in Mexico, Places in Mexico, States of Mexico Derived forms: colimense, colimeño

Alternative forms

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