Yucatán

尤卡坦半岛

发音

其它 /ˈjuː.kə.tæn/

别名

YUC Yucatan

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A peninsula in North America incorporating the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo as well as Belize and northeastern Guatemala.

    尤卡坦半岛

    犹加敦半岛

  2. 2.

    A state of Mexico.

    尤卡坦州

词源

Borrowed from Spanish Yucatán. Several etymologies for this name have been proposed: * Perhaps the most well-known is where it is said to derive from Chontal Maya Yokot'an, being either tectetan, meaning “I do not understand you” or uyutan, uyukatan, or yukutan, “listen to them talk!”. * Bernal Diaz derived the name from the vegetable yuca + tale, a hillock in which the tuber is planted.

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