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Chiapa

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of Chiapa de Corzo. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  2. 2
    Former name of San Cristóbal de las Casas. historical

    "CHIAPA, the capital of a province of the same name in Mexico, situated about 300 miles east of Acapulco: W. long. 98°, and N. lat. 16° 30′."

  3. 3
    Obsolete form of Chiapas: a state of Mexico. alt-of, obsolete

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.

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