Cihuatlán
/siwaˈtlan/noun
A municipality and town in Jalisco, Mexico, whose name comes from Classical Nahuatl.
Did you know?The name is associated with Nahuatl cihuātl, “woman,” a word also appearing in Indigenous traditions involving powerful female supernatural beings.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian period
Nahuatl
cihuātl
“Woman or female person”
Pre-Columbian period
Nahuatl
-tlān
“A locative suffix meaning “place of” or “place associated with””
Pre-Columbian period
Nahuatl
Cihuātlān
“Place associated with women; commonly rendered “place of women””
16th Century
Spanish
Cihuatlán
“Spanish colonial transcription of the Nahuatl place-name”
Modern English
English
Cihuatlán
“A proper name for the town and municipality in Jalisco, Mexico”
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