Tabasco
English
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Etymology
[edit]Of unclear origin.[1] The first definition listed in the 1994 Diccionario enciclopédico de Tabasco was from the Nahuatl name of the area, tlapalco meaning "(place of) damp earth";[2] wetlands are still extensive in the Mexican state of Tabasco. Other opinions listed were Mayan word tab-uaxac-koh, meaning "(our) lord of eight lions";[2] others suggest it derives from a Nahuatl word: tla-uashka-ko meaning "place that has an owner",[2] or tlapachtli.
The tabasco pepper was popular in the Mexican state and is named for it; a hot sauce made from that pepper was eaten in the state since the 1650s,[3][1] and a version was popularized in the United States and elsewhere by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana, beginning in the 1870s.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /təˈbæskəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Tabasco
- A state of Mexico.
Translations
[edit]Noun
[edit]Tabasco (uncountable)
- A spicy pepper sauce made from tabasco pepper (a chili pepper) with the addition of vinegar and salt.
Derived terms
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Tabasco”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Diccionario enciclopédico de Tabasco, volume 2 (1994), page 628: "[...] Tabasco procede de tlapalco, "en la tierra húmeda" [...]. Marcos E. Becerra, en su obra Nombres geográficos de Tabasco, descarta la versión atribuida a los doctores Brinton y Berendt, en el sentido de que Tabasco viene del maya tab-uaxac-koh, que en su proceso de castellanización pasó a ser sucesivamente Tabuashakoj, Tabuasaco, Tabuasco y al fin Tabasco, que significa "nuestro señor el de los ocho leones". En cambio, sostiene que Tabasco deriva del náhuatl "Tla-uash-ko: de tla, prefijo pronominal indeterminativo, alguno; uashka, dominio, propiedad; y ko, terminación toponímica", o sea "lugar que tiene dueño". El historiador Diógenes López [...]"
- ^ Maryann Tebben, Sauces: A Global History →ISBN, 2014)
Anagrams
[edit]Central Nahuatl
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tabasco
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; see English Tabasco.
Pronunciation
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[edit]Tabasco m
- A state of Mexico
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Tabasco on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Turkish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tabasco
- English terms derived from Mayan languages
- English terms derived from Nahuatl
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Tabasco
- en:States of Mexico
- en:Places in Mexico
- English nouns
- English genericized trademarks
- en:Condiments
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Tabasco
- nhn:States of Mexico
- nhn:Places in Mexico
- Spanish terms with unknown etymologies
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/asko
- Rhymes:Spanish/asko/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Tabasco
- es:States of Mexico
- es:Places in Mexico
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Tabasco
- tr:States of Mexico
- tr:Places in Mexico