Oaxaca

//wəˈhæ.kə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A semihard white cheese from the Oaxaca region of Mexico. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Oaxaca (the cheese) alt-of, alternative

    "Poblano Chile: fried poblano pepper, quinoa, butternut squash, oaxaca cheese, seared greens, garlic tomato broth, crema"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Mexico.
  2. 2
    A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.
  3. 3
    A state of Mexico.
  4. 4
    A habitational surname from Spanish.

Synonyms

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oaxaca cityoaxaca cityoaxaca de juarez

Example

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"Dodging waves at low tide, a barefooted, shirtless Mixtec man is carefully walking along the Pacific Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Oaxaca, from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (huaje) (Leucaena leucocephala) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).

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