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Cuernavaca

/kweɾnaˈbaka/

proper noun/kweɾnaˈbaka/

Cuernavaca (a city in Morelos, Mexico).; Cuernavaca (a municipality of Morelos, Mexico; capital: Cuernavaca).

Borrowed from a Nahuan language (cf. Classical Nahuatl Cuauhnāhuac, from cuahuitl (“tree”) + -nāhuac (“near”)); influenced by cuerno (“horn”) and vaca (“cow”).