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Chiapa

Chiapa proper noun: former name of San Cristóbal de las Casas. Also the clipping of Chiapa de Corzo.

Proper noun

Chiapa

  1. (historical) Former name of San Cristóbal de las Casas.
    • CHIAPA, the capital of a province of the same name in Mexico, situated about 300 miles east of Acapulco: W. long. 98°, and N. lat. 16° 30′.1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183

Also used as

Chiapa is also the clipping of Chiapa de Corzo.

Chiapa is also the obsolete form of Chiapas.

Origin of Chiapa

From Spanish Chiapa, from 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.

Questions about Chiapa

What does Chiapa mean?
Chiapa means former name of San Cristóbal de las Casas.
What part of speech is Chiapa?
Chiapa is a proper noun.

Words near Chiapa in the dictionary

  1. Chiaos
  2. Chiaotou
  3. chiaous
  4. chiaouses
  5. chiaoux
  6. Chiapa
  7. Chiapas
  8. Chiappone
  9. Chiappones
  10. Chiara
  11. Chiaramonte

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