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saltillo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables
saltil-lo
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Mexican languages, especially Nahuatl, a glottal stop or fricative sound.

noun

In mostly Hispanophone countries, especially Mexico, an apostrophe-like letter (lowercase ꞌ and in some orthographies capital Ꞌ) used to represent a glottal stop.

name

The capital and largest city of the state of Coahuila in Mexico.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish saltillo.

Inflected Forms

saltillos (plural)

Questions

What does saltillo mean?
In Mexican languages, especially Nahuatl, a glottal stop or fricative sound.
Where does saltillo come from?
Borrowed from Spanish saltillo.

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