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Chiapa
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English
Etymology
From en es Chiapa, from the local es Chiapaneca people, from es Chiapan + es -eco -ic, -ish: forming demonyms), from en nci Chiapan, from nci chia chia, oilseed + either nci -pan upon; place of; place of the or nci -apan river, stream, presumably in reference to the Grijalva.
Proper noun
en Chiapa de Corzo.
en historical en San Cristóbal de las Casas.
1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183:
CHIAPA, the capital of a province of the same name in Mexico, situated about 300 miles east of Acapulco: W. long. 98°, and N. lat. 16° 30′.
en @obs form:Chiapas state c/Mexico.