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  • The name of the state as well as the capital City, "Oaxaca" comes from the Nahuatl word "Huaxacac" (huaxin-a type of squash, yacatl-nose), meaning "in the nose of the squash."

    Oaxaca 2007

  • The name of the state as well as the capital City, "Oaxaca" comes from the Nahuatl word "Huaxacac" (huaxin-a type of squash, yacatl-nose), meaning "in the nose of the squash."

    Oaxaca 2007

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