Tapachula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tapachula, of Nahuatl origin.

Proper noun

Tapachula

1. A city, a municipality of Chiapas, Mexico.
   • 2025 August 25, “First human case of flesh-eating screwworm parasite confirmed in US”, in The Guardian‎^[1], sourced from Reuters, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 August 2025:

     A sample of screwworms collected in the morning are displayed at a veterinary clinic in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico on 4 July 2025.

Translations

city in Chiapas, Mexico

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 答巴租罅 (daap³ baa¹ zou¹ laa³) (dated)

  Mandarin: 塔帕丘拉 (Tǎpàqiūlā)

• Marathi: तापाचुला n (tāpāculā)
• Nahuatl: Tapachula
• Spanish: Tapachula

Spanish

Etymology

Of Nahuatl origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tapaˈt͡ʃula/ [t̪a.paˈt͡ʃu.la]
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: Ta‧pa‧chu‧la

Proper noun

Tapachula ?

1. Tapachula (a city, a municipality of Chiapas, Mexico)

   Synonym: Tapachula de Córdova y Ordóñez