# Juxtlahuaca

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
2. A municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.
3. A district of Oaxaca, Mexico.
4. An archeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Juxtlahuaca, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl xiuh- (“year”) + ixtlāhuacan (“plain”)), calqued from a Mixtec language (equivalent to Proto-Mixtec *yosoʔ (“plain”) + *kʷìyà (“year”)).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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