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oaxaca

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for oaxaca.

Editorial note

Mainly when I hadn't quite nailed down the prompts and it was just making up train stations in Oaxaca (turns out there aren't any intercity train stations in Oaxaca).

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Quick take

A state of Mexico.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of oaxaca gathered in one view.

noun

A state of Mexico.

noun

A city in Mexico.

noun

A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for oaxaca.

noun

A state of Mexico.

noun

A city in Mexico.

noun

A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.

noun

A semihard white cheese from the Oaxaca region of Mexico.

Example sentences

1

Mainly when I hadn't quite nailed down the prompts and it was just making up train stations in Oaxaca (turns out there aren't any intercity train stations in Oaxaca).

2

They've got mole (one kind), which is amusing considering that Oaxaca is a state known for it's diverse variety of moles.

3

When I lived in Oaxaca it was a massive issue with portable water only being available through private means from private springs in the nearby area.

4

The moral code of rural Oaxaca is different them that of east LA.

5

I'll remember the recording for the tamale vendors[1] and the gas de oaxaca jingle[2] for the rest of my life.

6

I believe Oaxaca must have lower crime rates than Tampico simply because one is convenient drug port and other is not, not because better police.

7

Now look at Oaxaca and Chiapas where people build their houses from stacked cinderblocks and take home plant clippings for fuel to cook dinner from their job as a gardener.

8

Brenda Mariel Salas was found alive there, according to the Oaxaca Prosecutor’s Office, which did not explain when she had been found, nor in what condition, nor how she had arrived there, hundreds of kilometers from where she had been with her friend Angie.

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So no matter how nice a place it is, and how close to my house you put it, it's never going to be right on that good right point break in Oaxaca where I like to spend my winters and also at the AirBnB next to Green Lake where I can visit my friends and family in the summer.

Quote examples

1

"Feo y sentido como los jarros de Oaxaca." Just a useful saying in Mexican Spanish when you want to poke fun at someone that has a thin skin.

2

> "Seeking the Magic Mushroom" is a 1957 photo essay by amateur mycologist Robert Gordon Wasson describing his experience taking psilocybin mushrooms in 1955 during a Mazatec ritual in Oaxaca, Mexico.

3

Many of us learned the idea of using an Indian wet grinder from "Oaxaca: Home Cooking from the Heart of Mexico", where Bricia Lopez recommends the Premier Small Wonder Table Top Wet Grinder that I have used for years.

4

> In her latest book …, Anya von Bremzen goes on a multi-year quest … In the process, she “crushes” bowls of noodles with a ramen otaku in Tokyo, learns to make pasta puttanesca in a former brothel in Naples, and drinks ceremonial cacao at her own wedding in Oaxaca.

Proper noun examples

1

A boy is raised in rural Oaxaca, Mexico.

2

Michoacan, Oaxaca) - and also the breathy sound of j can also be written with an x.

3

A much more difficult one to learn is the whistles used up in the mountains of Oaxaca.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use oaxaca in a sentence?

Mainly when I hadn't quite nailed down the prompts and it was just making up train stations in Oaxaca (turns out there aren't any intercity train stations in Oaxaca).

What does oaxaca mean?

A state of Mexico.

What part of speech is oaxaca?

oaxaca is commonly used as noun.