Where does “Mexicali” come from?

Mexicali (Spanish) comes from Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco — Mexico.

Mexicali (Spanish): Mexicali (and seat of the Municipality of Mexicali)

Definitions

  1. Mexicali (and seat of the Municipality of Mexicali)

Ancestry of “Mexicali”, step by step

Mexicali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish México

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishMéxicoMexico
2Classical NahuatlMēxihcoMexico

via Spanish California

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishCalifornia—

Words derived from “Mexicali”

Every word from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco →
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