Oaxaca

[ wuh-hah-kuh; Spanish wah-hah-kah ]

noun

1. a state in S Mexico. 36,375 sq. mi. (94,210 sq. km).
2. a city in and the capital of this state, in the central part.

Oaxaca

/ wəˈhɑːkə; oaˈxaka /

noun

1. a state of S Mexico, on the Pacific: includes most of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec; inhabited chiefly by Indians. Capital: Oaxaca de Juárez. Pop: 3 432 180 (2000). Area: 95 363 sq km (36 820 sq miles)
2. a city in S Mexico, capital of Oaxaca state: founded in 1486 by the Aztecs and conquered by Spain in 1521. Pop: 483 000 (2005 est) Official nameOaxaca de Juárezde ˈxwarɛθ

Example Sentences

This mezcal is made by hand in Oaxaca, Mexico, with the same techniques that have been used for generations.

From Outside Online

This year’s altar, by artist Carlos Guzmán, honors the state of Oaxaca, decorated with chocolate, mezcal and handmade Oaxacan products.

From Washington Post

In Oaxaca, Corrales has helped locals develop several inventions, including a press for a thin, crispy kind of tortilla called a totopo that’s made only in this region.

From MIT Technology Review

With Smith Assembly’s help, coworkers design and create tools or art projects in workshops similar to those Corrales leads in Oaxaca.

From MIT Technology Review

In Mexico’s Oaxaca region, muxe — born men but present and express themselves as women — are a centuries-old tradition.

From Ozy

One artist, Edgardo Aragón from Oaxaca, tries to capture that in an exhibition at the Laurel Gitlen Gallery.

From The Daily Beast

She lives in the same house as Pixel, our Italian Greyhound, who is something of a celebrity in Oaxaca.

From The Daily Beast

Here the state extends to the borders of Guerrero and Oaxaca.

From Project Gutenberg

That valley of Oaxaca has just as much right to be called a valley as our Alleghanies would have to be called bottoms.

From Project Gutenberg

Six specimens from Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, have cranial crests that are lower than those in specimens from Guatemala.

From Project Gutenberg

In the humid forests of southern Veracruz, northern Oaxaca, and Chiapas members of both groups occur sympatrically.

From Project Gutenberg

The lizards here referred to A. nebuloides have been taken only in pine-oak forest on the mountain slopes near Oaxaca City.

From Project Gutenberg