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totonac

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
to-tonac
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a people who resided in the eastern coastal and mountainous regions of Mexico at the time of the Spanish arrival in 1519, and who now reside in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo.

name

The language (sometimes classified as a language cluster) spoken by the Totonac.

Etymology

From Spanish Totonaca, from Nahuatl Totonacatl.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Totonaca, Totonacatl

Inflected Forms

Totonacs (plural)

Derived Forms

Totonacan

Questions

What does totonac mean?
A member of a people who resided in the eastern coastal and mountainous regions of Mexico at the time of the Spanish arrival in 1519, and who now reside in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo.
Where does totonac come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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