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Totonicapán

/totonikaˈpan/

proper noun/totonikaˈpan/

a city in Guatemala; a department of Guatemala

Borrowed from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Pipil tutūnik (“hot”) + āpan (“river”)); Calque of K'iche' Chuwiʼ Meqʼinaʼ (“above the hot water”) or Calque of Kaqchikel Chimeqʼenyaʼ (“place of hot water”) or Calque of Classical Nahuatl totonilco + pan.