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OAXACA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oaxaca mean?
• OAXACA (noun)
The noun OAXACA has 1 sense:
1. a city of southeastern Mexico
Familiarity information: OAXACA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city of southeastern Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Oaxaca; Oaxaca de Juarez
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Oaxaca" is a part of...):
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)
Context examples
Its capital is Oaxaca de Juarez.
(Oaxaca, NCI Thesaurus)
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