Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zacatecas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables
za-cate-cas
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A state of Mexico.

noun

plural of Zacateca

Etymology

(place): From Nahuatl zacatēcah (“people of the place of grass”), from zacatl (“grass”).

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does zacatecas mean?
A state of Mexico.
Where does zacatecas come from?
(place): From Nahuatl zacatēcah (“people of the place of grass”), from zacatl (“grass”).

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