Chiapa

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Etymology

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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.

Proper noun

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Chiapa

  1. Clipping of Chiapa de Corzo.
  2. (historical) Former name of San Cristóbal de las Casas.
    • 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183:
      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. Obsolete form of Chiapas, a Mexican province.