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Lenca

Lenca noun: a Mesoamerican indigenous people of southwestern Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America.

Noun

Lenca pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A Mesoamerican indigenous people of southwestern Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America.

Proper noun

Lenca

  1. A nearly extinct language once spoken by these people.

Words formed from Lenca

Questions about Lenca

What does Lenca mean?
Lenca means a Mesoamerican indigenous people of southwestern Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America.
What part of speech is Lenca?
Lenca can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Lenca in the dictionary

  1. Lenards
  2. Lenarsky
  3. Lenart
  4. Lenarts
  5. Lenawee County
  6. Lenca
  7. Lencan
  8. Lenchwick
  9. Lencioni
  10. Lencionis
  11. lend

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