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Oaxaca

[ wuh-hah-kuh; Spanish wah-hah-kah ]

noun

  1. a state in S Mexico. 36,375 sq. mi. (94,210 sq. km).
  2. a city in and the capital of this state, in the central part.


Oaxaca

/ wəˈhɑːkə; oaˈxaka /

noun

  1. a state of S Mexico, on the Pacific: includes most of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec; inhabited chiefly by Indians. Capital: Oaxaca de Juárez. Pop: 3 432 180 (2000). Area: 95 363 sq km (36 820 sq miles)
  2. a city in S Mexico, capital of Oaxaca state: founded in 1486 by the Aztecs and conquered by Spain in 1521. Pop: 483 000 (2005 est) Official nameOaxaca de Juárezde ˈxwarɛθ
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

This mezcal is made by hand in Oaxaca, Mexico, with the same techniques that have been used for generations.

This year’s altar, by artist Carlos Guzmán, honors the state of Oaxaca, decorated with chocolate, mezcal and handmade Oaxacan products.

In Oaxaca, Corrales has helped locals develop several inventions, including a press for a thin, crispy kind of tortilla called a totopo that’s made only in this region.

With Smith Assembly’s help, coworkers design and create tools or art projects in workshops similar to those Corrales leads in Oaxaca.

In Mexico’s Oaxaca region, muxe — born men but present and express themselves as women — are a centuries-old tradition.

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One artist, Edgardo Aragón from Oaxaca, tries to capture that in an exhibition at the Laurel Gitlen Gallery.

She lives in the same house as Pixel, our Italian Greyhound, who is something of a celebrity in Oaxaca.

Here the state extends to the borders of Guerrero and Oaxaca.

That valley of Oaxaca has just as much right to be called a valley as our Alleghanies would have to be called bottoms.

Six specimens from Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, have cranial crests that are lower than those in specimens from Guatemala.

In the humid forests of southern Veracruz, northern Oaxaca, and Chiapas members of both groups occur sympatrically.

The lizards here referred to A. nebuloides have been taken only in pine-oak forest on the mountain slopes near Oaxaca City.

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