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Huastec

Huastec noun: a member of an indigenous people inhabiting the Mexican states of San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, and Tamaulipas.

Noun

Huastec (plural Huastecs or Huastec)

  1. A member of an indigenous people inhabiting the Mexican states of San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, and Tamaulipas.
  2. Any person from the Mexican region known as La Huasteca, where the Huastecs have traditionally lived.

Proper noun

Huastec (uncountable)

  1. A Mayan language spoken by the Huastec

Adjective

Huastec (comparative more Huastec, superlative most Huastec)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Huastec people.
  2. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of La Huasteca, Mexico.

Forms of Huastec

Noun
pluralHuastecs
pluralHuastec
Adjective
comparativemore Huastec
superlativemost Huastec

Origin of Huastec

Via Spanish huasteco from the Nahuatl word cuextécatl, which has two possible origins, either the word cuachalolotl (Nahuatl for small snail) or huaxitl (Nahuatl for river tamarind, also known as guaje)

Questions about Huastec

What does Huastec mean?
Huastec means a member of an indigenous people inhabiting the Mexican states of San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, and Tamaulipas.
What part of speech is Huastec?
Huastec can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Huastec?
The plural of Huastec is Huastecs.

Words near Huastec in the dictionary

  1. Huas
  2. Huascarán
  3. Huashan
  4. huashi
  5. Huashibanian
  6. Huastec
  7. Huasteca Nahuatl
  8. Huastecs
  9. huat ah
  10. huatia
  11. huatias

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