Tlaxcala

English

Map of Mexico highlighting Tlaxcala

Alternative forms

• Tascala, Tascalla, Taxcala, Tlascala, Tlascalla, Tlaxcalla (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tlaxcala, from Classical Nahuatl Tlaxcallān.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tlɑːsˈkɑːlə/
• IPA^(key): /tlɑːʃˈkɑːlə/

Proper noun

Tlaxcala

1. (history) An indigenous Mesoamerican polity in what is now Mexico.
   • 1843, W. H. Prescott, The Conquest of Mexico, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1922, volume one, book II, chapter VI, page 80:

     A more formidable enemy still was the little republic of Tlascala, lying midway between the Mexican Valley and the coast.

2. (history) A province of New Spain.
   • 1806, R. Brookes, Brooke’s General Gazetteer Improved; Or, a New and Compendious Geographical Dictionary, 1st American edition, Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson, & Co.:

     Tlascala, a province of New Spain, in the audience of Mexico; bounded on the N by Panuco, on the E by the gulf of Mexico, on the S by Guaxica and the Pacific Ocean, and on the W by the audience of Mexico.

3. A state of Mexico.
4. The capital city of the state of Tlaxcala.
   • 1806, R. Brookes, Brooke’s General Gazetteer Improved; Or, a New and Compendious Geographical Dictionary, 1st American edition, Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson, & Co.:

     Tlascala, a town of New Spain, capital of a province of the same name.

5. (Catholicism, history) Until 1903, a Roman Catholic diocese; now the archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles.
   • 1625, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes, volume 3, London: William Stansby, page 872:

     The Biſhopricke of Tlaſcala, which by another name is called de los Angeles, between the Archbiſhopricke of Mexico, and the Biſhopricke of Guaxaca, if of 100. leagues, and more in length, from the Coaſt of the South to that of the North, and betwixt the confines of the Archbiſhopricke, and of Guaxaca 80. and as many in breadth, by the Coaſt of the North sea, and no more then 18. or 20. by that of the South.

   • 1885, Heinrich Brueck, History of the Catholic Church for Use in Seminaries and Colleges, volume II, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Einsideln: Benziger Brothers, page 143:

     On information received from Julian Garces, Bishop of Tlascala, of the Order of Friars Preachers, Pope Paul III. issued in 1537 bulls vindicating the liberty of the Indians and their dignity as human beings.

6. (Catholicism) A Roman Catholic diocese erected in 1959.

Synonyms

• (city): Tlaxcala City, Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl

Derived terms

• Tlaxcalan
• Tlaxcaltecan

Translations

state of Mexico

• Nahuatl:

  Central : Tlaxcallan, Tlaxkalan

  Central Huasteca : Tlaxkala

  Classical : Tlaxcallan

• Spanish: Tlaxcala (es) m

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Tlaxcallān, from tlaxcalli (“tortilla”) + -tlān.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tlasˈkala/ [t̪lasˈka.la]
• IPA^(key): /tlaɡsˈkala/ [t̪laɣ̞sˈka.la]
  • Syllabification: Tlax‧ca‧la
• IPA^(key): /tlaxˈkala/ [t̪laxˈka.la]
• IPA^(key): /tlaʃˈkala/ [t̪laʃˈka.la]
• Rhymes: -ala

Proper noun

Tlaxcala m

1. A state of Mexico

Related terms

• tlaxcalteca

 

Turkish

Proper noun

Tlaxcala

1. Tlaxcala (a state of Mexico)