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Escuintenango

Escuintenango proper noun: a former town in Chiapas, Mexico.

Proper noun

Escuintenango

  1. A former town in Chiapas, Mexico.
    • After the week was ended my French friend the Prior conducted mee to Izquintenango, to ſee mee well furniſhed up the Mountaines of Cuchumatlanes. This Towne (as I have formerly obſerved) ſtandeth almoſt at the end of the Valley of Copanabaſtla, and within two leagues of the Cuchumatlanes.1648, Thomas Gage, The English-American his Travail by Sea and Land: Or, a New Survey of the West-India’s, London: R. Cotes, page 111

Forms of Escuintenango

alternative form (obsolete)Izquintenango

Origin of Escuintenango

Borrowed from Spanish Escuintenango, from a Nahuan language; literally "dog city" (cf. Classical Nahuatl itzcuintli (“dog”)).

Questions about Escuintenango

What does Escuintenango mean?
Escuintenango means a former town in Chiapas, Mexico.
What part of speech is Escuintenango?
Escuintenango is a proper noun.

Words near Escuintenango in the dictionary

  1. Escuderos
  2. escudo
  3. escudos
  4. Escue
  5. Escues
  6. Escuintenango
  7. esculamine
  8. Esculapian
  9. Esculapians
  10. Esculapius
  11. esculent

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