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chiapa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
chi-a-pa
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Clipping of Chiapa de Corzo.

name

Former name of San Cristóbal de las Casas.

name

Obsolete form of Chiapas: a state of Mexico.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Spanish Chiapa, from the local Chiapaneca people, from Chiapan + -eco (“-ic, -ish”): forming demonyms), from Classical Nahuatl Chiapan, from chia (“chia, oilseed”) + either -pan (“upon; place of; place of the”) or -apan (“river, stream”), presumably in reference to the Grijalva.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Chiapa, Chiapan

Usage

Questions

What does chiapa mean?
Clipping of Chiapa de Corzo.
Where does chiapa come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

How to pronounce chiapa

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