# Totonicapán

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A city in Guatemala.
2. A department of Guatemala.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Totonicapán, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Pipil tutūnik (“hot”) + āpan (“river”)); calqued from K'iche' Chuwiʼ Meqʼinaʼ (“above the hot water”) or Kaqchikel Chimekʼenyaʼ (“place of hot water”).

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