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Izalco

/iˈθalko/

proper noun/iˈθalko/

a town in Sonsonate department, El Salvador

From Pipil izti, itztit (“obsidian”) (cf. Classical Nahuatl itztli) + shal (ashal) + -ku (“locative suffix”). Alternatively, the second element is sometimes thought to be kal (“house”) instead.