Tequixquiac

English

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl tequixquitl (“saltpetre”) +‎ atl (“water”) +‎ -c (“place”).

Proper noun

Tequixquiac

1. A city in Mexico
2. A municipality of México, Mexico. Capital: Santiago Tequixquiac

Synonyms

• Tequisquiac

Translations

town and municipality

• Amaric: ቴኪክስኪያክ (tekiksəkiyak)
• Arabic: تيكويكسكوياك
• Chinese: 特基斯基阿克
• Greek: Τεκιξκιάκ (Tekixkiák)
• Hebrew: טקיסקיאק
• Japanese: テキシキアック
• Korean: 테킥스키악
• Ladino: טיקיקסקיאק
• Latin: Sanctus Iacobus Tequisquiac
• Lithuanian: Tekiskiakas
• Nahuatl:

  Central : Tequixquiac

  Classical : Tequixquiac

  Temascaltepec : Tekixkiak

• Otomi:

  Central : Ntheje

  Mezquital : Nthehe

• Spanish: Santiago Tequixquiac, Tequixquiac (es), Tequisquiac
• Thai: เตกิซเกียก

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tequixquiac

1. Tequixquiac (a town of the modern State of Mexico, Mexico)

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

tequixquitl (“saltpetre”) +‎ atl (“water”) +‎ -c (“place”).

Proper noun

Tequixquiac

1. Santiago Tequixquiac (town)
2. Tequixquiac (municipality)

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 10
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 210