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Anahuac

/ˈænəwæk/

Anahuac proper noun: a city, the county seat of Chambers County, Texas, United States.

Proper noun

Anahuac

  1. A city, the county seat of Chambers County, Texas, United States.
  2. (historical) The Valley of Mexico in the Aztec era.
    • In the year 1521, when Cortez reached Anahuac, the American bison was seen for the first time by civilized Europeans, if we may be permitted to thus characterize the horde of blood thirsty plunder seekers who fought their way to the Aztec capital.1889, William T. Hornaday, The Extermination of the American Bison

Origin of Anahuac

Borrowed from Spanish Anáhuac, in turn derived from Classical Nahuatl ānāhuac (“land by the waters”), made of atl (“water”) + nahuac (“close to”).

Questions about Anahuac

What does Anahuac mean?
Anahuac means a city, the county seat of Chambers County, Texas, United States.
What part of speech is Anahuac?
Anahuac is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Anahuac?
Anahuac is pronounced /ˈænəwæk/.

Words near Anahuac in the dictionary

  1. Anaheim Hills
  2. anaheims
  3. Anahi
  4. Anahit
  5. Anahita
  6. Anahuac
  7. Anaiah
  8. anaicut
  9. anaicuts
  10. Anaiwan
  11. Anakapalli

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