Where does “Guatemala” come from?

Guatemala (Spanish) comes from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from Classical Nahuatl -tlān — place; place suffix; place of.

Guatemala (Spanish): Guatemala

Definitions

  1. Guatemala

Ancestry of “Guatemala”, step by step

Guatemala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical NahuatlCuauhtēmallānIximché
2Classical Nahuatl-tlānplace; place suffix; place of

via Nahuatl cuauhtēmallān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nahuatlcuauhtēmallānplace of many trees

Words derived from “Guatemala”

Every word from Classical Nahuatl -tlān →Every word from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān →