# Yucatán

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #81,056

## Definitions
1. A peninsula in North America incorporating the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo as well as Belize and northeastern Guatemala.
2. A state of Mexico.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Yucatán. Several etymologies for this name have been proposed:
* Perhaps the most well-known is where it is said to derive from Chontal Maya Yokot'an, being either tectetan, meaning “I do not understand you” or uyutan, uyukatan, or yukutan, “listen to them talk!”.
* Bernal Diaz derived the name from the vegetable yuca + tale, a hillock in which the tuber is planted.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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