Zinacantán

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English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish Zinacantán, from Nahuatl Tzinacantlan "place of bats", from tzinacan "bat" + -tlan. Compare Tzotzil (the local language of Zinacantán) sots'leb with the same meaning.

Proper noun[edit]

Zinacantán

  1. A municipality (municipio) in Chiapas, Mexico, more fully San Lorenzo Zinacantán.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Tzinacantlan (place of bats), from tzinacan (bat) + -tlan. Compare Tzotzil sots'leb (the local language of Zinacantán) with the same meaning.

Proper noun[edit]

Zinacantán m

  1. Zinacantán