Zinacantán
See also: Zinacantan
English
Alternative forms
- Zinacantan
Etymology
From Spanish Zinacantán, from Nahuatl Tzinacantlan "place of bats", from tzinacan "bat" + -tlan. Compare Tzotzil (the local language of Zinacantán) sots'leb with the same meaning.
Proper noun
Zinacantán
- A municipality (municipio) in Chiapas, Mexico, more fully San Lorenzo Zinacantán.
Spanish
Etymology
From Nahuatl Tzinacantlan "place of bats", from tzinacan "bat" + -tlan. Compare Tzotzil (the local language of Zinacantán) sots'leb with the same meaning.
Proper noun
Zinacantán m
- Zinacantán.