Chiapas

English

Map of Mexico highlighting Chiapas

Alternative forms

• CS
• Chiapa (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Chiapas

Proper noun

Chiapas

1. A state of Mexico.

Translations

state of Mexico

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恰帕斯 (Qiàpàsī), 芝邑巴 (Zhīyìbā) (dated)

• Chol: Chyapas
• Galician: Chiapas
• Greek: Τσιάπας (el) f (Tsiápas)
• Marathi: चिआपास n (ciāpās)
• Spanish: Chiapas (es) m
• Tzeltal: Chyapas
• Tzotzil: Chyapas

Anagrams

• Asaphic, scaphia, Chapais, aphasic

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

Related terms

• chiapaneco

Turkish

Proper noun

Chiapas

1. a state of Mexico