Zacatecas

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Zacatecas

  1. A state of Mexico.

Translations

Noun

Zacatecas

  1. plural of Zacateca

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zacatēcah (“people of the place of grass”), from zacatl (“grass”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θakaˈtekas/ [θa.kaˈt̪e.kas] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /sakaˈtekas/ [sa.kaˈt̪e.kas] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -ekas
  • Syllabification: Za‧ca‧te‧cas

Proper noun

Zacatecas m

  1. a state of Mexico
    Synonym: (abbreviation) ZA

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

Zacatecas

  1. Zacatecas (a state of Mexico)
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