Tepetlixpa
/te.peˈtliks.pa/noun
A municipality and town in the State of Mexico, Mexico.
Did you know?Tepetlixpa is a Nahuatl-derived place-name, preserving the language of the Mexica world in a modern Mexican municipality; its ending reflects a locative idea of being before or facing something.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian period
Nahuatl
tepetl
“Mountain, hill, or elevated landform”
Pre-Columbian period
Nahuatl
ixpan
“In front of, before, or facing; from ixpan, literally involving the face or presence of something”
Pre-Columbian–Colonial period
Nahuatl
tepetlixpan
“In front of the mountain or facing the mountain”
Colonial period
Spanish
Tepetlixpan
“A Spanish-recorded Nahuatl place-name referring to a settlement before or facing a mountain”
Modern English/Spanish usage
Spanish
Tepetlixpa
“The name of the town and municipality in the State of Mexico; the final form reflects Spanish orthographic and usage changes”
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