proper noun/tewanteˈpek/
Tehuantepec (a city in Oaxaca, Mexico); Tehuantepec (a municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico); Tehuantepec (a district of Oaxaca, Mexico); Tehuantepec (a former federal territory of Mexico)
Synonyms: Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Istmo de Tehuantepec
Borrowed from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Tēcuāntepēc (literally “mountain of wild cats (jaguars, ocelots, etc.)”)), calqued from any of multiple local languages whose names for this city have similar meanings.