Churubusco
English
Alternative forms
- Cherubusco (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Churubusco, from Classical Nahuatl Huitzilopochco, from Huitzilopochtli (name of a god) + -co (locative suffix). Doublet of Huitzilopochco.
Proper noun
Churubusco
- A community in the Federal District, Mexico.
- A town in Indiana, United States.
- A hamlet in New York, United States.
Derived terms
- Battle of Churubusco
Spanish
Alternative forms
- Choloposco, Chiribusco (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Huitzilopochco, from Huitzilopochtli (name of a god) + -co (locative suffix).
Proper noun
Churubusco ?
- Churubusco (community in the Federal District, Mexico)
- 1746, Theatro americano: Descripcion general de los reynos, y provincias de la Nueva-España, y sus jurisdicciones, page 61:
- las dos adminiſtradas por Clerigos que ſon el Pueblo de Ixtapalapan, y el de San Matheo Cholopoſco, llamado vulgarmẽte Chiribuſco
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- Churubusco (a town in Indiana, United States)
- Churubusco (a hamlet in New York, United States)