# Oaxaca

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /wəˈhæ.kə/ · frequency rank #37,600

## Definitions
1. A city in Mexico.
2. A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.
3. A state of Mexico.
4. A habitational surname from Spanish.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Oaxaca, from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (huaje) (Leucaena leucocephala) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).

## Common misspellings (7)
`aoxaca`, `oaaxca`, `oaxaac`, `oaxacca`, `oaxcaa`, `oaxxaca`, `oxaaca`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/oaxaca