Jalapa

Jalapa is masculine in Spanish.

a department of Guatemala; a city in Nicaragua

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Xalapan (“sand by the water”), from xalli (“sand”) + atl (“water”) + -pan (“place”).

Jalapa is feminine in Spanish.

obsolete spelling of Xalapa: a city, the state capital of Veracruz, Mexico

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Xalapan (“sand by the water”), from xalli (“sand”) + atl (“water”) + -pan (“place”).

a Mexican language belonging to the Mazatec family

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Xalapan (“sand by the water”), from xalli (“sand”) + atl (“water”) + -pan (“place”).