Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oaxtepec

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oax-te-pec
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Yautepec, Morelos, Mexico.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Oaxtepec, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl Huāxtepēc, equivalent to huāxin (a type of tree) + tepētl (“mountain”) + -c (locative suffix).

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Word Breakdown

Questions

What does oaxtepec mean?
A town in Yautepec, Morelos, Mexico.
Where does oaxtepec come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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