Kuskatan

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Pipil[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From kūskat (“necklace, jewel”) + -tan (locative). Compare Classical Nahuatl Cōzcatlān (“El Salvador”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (standard) IPA(key): /kuːsˈkataŋ/
  • (Witzapan) IPA(key): /ɡuːsˈkataŋ/

Proper noun[edit]

Kūskatan

  1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)
  2. the pre-Columbian Nahua state of Cuzcatlan

Derived terms[edit]

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