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Tehuantepec

Tehuantepec proper noun: a city in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Proper noun

Tehuantepec

  1. A city in Oaxaca, Mexico.
    • [The City of Guaxaca] may conſiſt of at the moſt two thouſand Inhabitants, and are governed by a Spaniſh High Juſtice called Alcalde Major, whoſe power reacheth over all the Valley, and beyond it as farre as Nixapa, and almoſt to Tecoantepeque, a Sea Towne upon Mar del Zur.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 86
    Synonyms:
    Santo Domingo Tehuantepec
  2. A municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.
    Synonyms:
    Santo Domingo Tehuantepec
  3. A district of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Tehuantepec meaning in Hindi

Tehuantepec in Hindi

city
तेवांतेपेक tevāntepek

Synonyms of Tehuantepec

  • Santo Domingo Tehuantepec

Forms of Tehuantepec

alternative form (obsolete)Tecoantepeque

Origin of Tehuantepec

Borrowed from Spanish Tehuantepec, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Tēcuāntepēc (literally “mountain of wild cats (jaguars, ocelots, etc.)”)), calqued from any of multiple local languages whose names for this city have similar meanings.

Words formed from Tehuantepec

  • Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Questions about Tehuantepec

What does Tehuantepec mean?
Tehuantepec means a city in Oaxaca, Mexico.
What is Tehuantepec in Hindi?
Tehuantepec in Hindi is तेवांतेपेक (tevāntepek). See Tehuantepec meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Tehuantepec?
Tehuantepec is a proper noun.

Words near Tehuantepec in the dictionary

  1. tehsildars
  2. tehsildary
  3. tehsils
  4. Tehsing
  5. Tehtsing
  6. Tehuantepec
  7. Tehuantepecer
  8. Tehuantepecers
  9. Tehuelche
  10. Tehuelchean
  11. Tehuelhet

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