Chiapas

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Chiapas

Proper noun

Chiapas

  1. A state of Mexico.

Translations

See also

Divisions of the United Mexican States in English (layout · text)
States: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · Mexico · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas
Autonomous city: Mexico City

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Spanish

Etymology

Plural of Chiapa: a term commonly featured in the names of many historical Spanish settlements in the region, borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Chiapan, from chia (“chia”) +‎ -pan (“place of; place of the”); alternatively, from chia +‎ -apan (“river, stream”), presumably in reference to the Grijalva River.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃjapas/ [ˈt͡ʃja.pas]
  • Rhymes: -apas
  • Syllabification: Chia‧pas

Proper noun

Chiapas m

  1. a state of Mexico

See also

Divisions of the United Mexican States in Spanish (layout · text)
Estados: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · México · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas
Ciudad autónoma: Ciudad de México

Turkish

Proper noun

Chiapas

  1. a state of Mexico
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