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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   In Mexican languages, especially Nahuatl, a glottal stop or fricative sound.
2. 2
   In mostly Hispanophone countries, especially Mexico, an apostrophe-like letter (lowercase ꞌ and in some orthographies capital Ꞌ) used to represent a glottal stop.

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The capital and largest city of the state of Coahuila in Mexico.

Synonyms

All synonyms

glottal stop

Etymology

From Spanish saltillo.

Related phrases

glottal stop

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