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Popoloca

Popoloca is the alternative form of Popoluca.

Meaning of Popoluca

Noun

Popoluca pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Any of various indigenous peoples of southeastern Veracruz and Oaxaca.

Proper noun

Popoloca

  1. Any of several different indigenous languages of Mexico, including languages of the Mixe-Zoquean family and the Oto-Manguean family.

Forms of Popoloca

alternative formPopoluca

Origin of Popoloca

Borrowed from Nahuatl popoloca (“speak unintelligibly”).

Words formed from Popoloca

Questions about Popoloca

What does Popoloca mean?
Popoloca means any of several different indigenous languages of Mexico, including languages of the Mixe-Zoquean family and the Oto-Manguean family.
What is Popoloca the alternative form of?
Popoloca is the alternative form of Popoluca.
What part of speech is Popoloca?
Popoloca is a proper noun.

Words near Popoloca in the dictionary

  1. popoff
  2. popoffs
  3. popoi
  4. Popolari
  5. popolo
  6. Popoloca
  7. Popolocan
  8. Popoloco
  9. popolos
  10. Popoluca
  11. poponax

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Popoloca (page history and authors); Popoluca (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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