Oaxaca

Borrowed from Spanish Oaxaca, from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (huaje) (Leucaena leucocephala) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /wə.ˈhæ.kə/, /wə.ˈhɑː.kə/, /wɑː.ˈhɑː.kɑː/, /wɑˈʃɑː.kə/

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Oaxaca

1. A city in Mexico.
2. A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.
3. One of the 31 states of Mexico, formally the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, located in the southern part of the country, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
4. A habitational surname from Spanish.

• (city): Oaxaca City

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Oaxaca is the 34707^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Oaxaca is most common among Hispanic/Latino (93.7%) individuals.

Oaxaca (countable and uncountable, plural Oaxacas)

1. A semihard white cheese from the Oaxaca region of Mexico.

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (“horse tamarind tree (Leucaena leucocephala)”) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).

• IPA^(key): /w̝aˈxaka/ [w̝aˈxa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka

Oaxaca f

1. Oaxaca (a city in Mexico)
2. Oaxaca (a municipality of Mexico)
3. Oaxaca (a state of Mexico)

   Synonym: (abbreviation) OA

• Oaxaca on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Oaxaca

1. Oaxaca (a state of Mexico)