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Zanatepec

Zanatepec proper noun: a town in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Proper noun

Zanatepec

  1. A town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
    • In Sanatepeque wee met with a Frier who gave us ſtately entertainment, and from thence gave us Indians to guide us to Tapanatepeque1648, Thomas Gage, The English-American his Travail by Sea and Land: Or, a New Survey of the West-India’s, London: R. Cotes, page 90
    Synonyms:
    Santo Domingo Zanatepec
  2. A municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.
    Synonyms:
    Santo Domingo Zanatepec

Synonyms of Zanatepec

  • Santo Domingo Zanatepec

Forms of Zanatepec

alternative form (obsolete)Sanatepeque

Origin of Zanatepec

Borrowed from Spanish Zanatepec, from a Nahuan language, equivalent to Classical Nahuatl *Tzanatepēc (literally “grackle mountain”).

Questions about Zanatepec

What does Zanatepec mean?
Zanatepec means a town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
What part of speech is Zanatepec?
Zanatepec is a proper noun.

Words near Zanatepec in the dictionary

  1. zanana
  2. zananah
  3. zananahs
  4. zananas
  5. Zanata
  6. Zanatepec
  7. zanazziite
  8. zanbara
  9. Zanclean
  10. Zanclean flood
  11. zanclid

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