Yucatán
See also: Yucatan
English
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Etymology
Several etymologies for this name have been proposed:
- Perhaps the most well-known is where it is said to derive from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "myn" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., being either tectetan, meaning “I do not understand you” or uyutan, uyukatan, or yukutan, “listen to them talk!”.
- Bernal Diaz derived the name from the vegetable yuca + tale, a hillock in which the tuber is planted.
- Perhaps more likely is the derivation from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Nahuatl yohcāuh ‘possession, riches’ + tlān ‘place of’.
Proper noun
Yucatán
- A peninsula in North America incorporating the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo as well as Belize and northeastern Guatemala.
- A state of Mexico.
Related terms
Translations
a peninsula in North America
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a state in Mexico
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See also
Czech
Proper noun
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Yucatán m
Related terms
See also
Yucatán on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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- es:Yucatán
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