Tabasco

See also: tabasco

English
Map of Mexico highlighting Tabasco

Etymology

Of unclear origin.[1] The first definition listed in the 1994 Diccionario enciclopédico de Tabasco was from the Nahuatl name of the area, tlapalco meaning "(place of) damp earth";[2] wetlands are still extensive in the Mexican state of Tabasco. Other opinions listed were Mayan word tab-uaxac-koh, meaning "(our) lord of eight lions";[2] others suggest it derives from a Nahuatl word: tla-uashka-ko meaning "place that has an owner",[2] or tlapachtli.

The tabasco pepper was popular in the Mexican state and is named for it; a hot sauce made from that pepper was eaten in the state since the 1650s,[3][1] and a version was popularized in the United States and elsewhere by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana, beginning in the 1870s.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /təˈbæskəʊ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Proper noun

Tabasco

  1. A state of Mexico.

Translations

Noun

Tabasco (uncountable)

  1. A spicy pepper sauce made from tabasco pepper (a chili pepper) with the addition of vinegar and salt.

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References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Tabasco”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. Diccionario enciclopédico de Tabasco, volume 2 (1994), page 628: "[...] Tabasco procede de tlapalco, "en la tierra húmeda" [...]. Marcos E. Becerra, en su obra Nombres geográficos de Tabasco, descarta la versión atribuida a los doctores Brinton y Berendt, en el sentido de que Tabasco viene del maya tab-uaxac-koh, que en su proceso de castellanización pasó a ser sucesivamente Tabuashakoj, Tabuasaco, Tabuasco y al fin Tabasco, que significa "nuestro señor el de los ocho leones". En cambio, sostiene que Tabasco deriva del náhuatl "Tla-uash-ko: de tla, prefijo pronominal indeterminativo, alguno; uashka, dominio, propiedad; y ko, terminación toponímica", o sea "lugar que tiene dueño". El historiador Diógenes López [...]"
  3. Maryann Tebben, Sauces: A Global History →ISBN, 2014)

Anagrams

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tabasco

  1. Tabasco (a state of Mexico)

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain; see English Tabasco.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taˈbasko/ [t̪aˈβ̞as.ko]
  • Rhymes: -asko
  • Syllabification: Ta‧bas‧co

Proper noun

Tabasco m

  1. A state of Mexico

See also

Turkish

Proper noun

Tabasco

  1. Tabasco (a state of Mexico)
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