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acayucan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
acayu-can
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Veracruz, Mexico.

name

A municipality of Veracruz, Mexico, whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Acayucan, from a Nahuan language (cf. Classical Nahuatl Ācayohcān (“place covered in reeds”, name of Acayuca, Hidalgo)), calqued from Popoluca; cf. Highland Popoluca Ca̱pñɨɨm (ca̱pi (“arrow”)), Oluta Popoluca Capeꞌnʉ̱p (cape (“reed”)), Sayula Popoluca Capnʉꞌm (cap (“reed”)). Doublet of Acayuca.

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Questions

What does acayucan mean?
A city in Veracruz, Mexico.
Where does acayucan come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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