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Definition of Oaxaca

1. Noun. A city of southeastern Mexico.

Definition of Oaxaca

1. Proper noun. One of the 31 states of Mexico, formally the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, located in the southern part of the country, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. ¹

2. Proper noun. The largest city in the state of Oaxaca, for which the state is named. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Oaxaca

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Implausible Deniability: State Responsibility for Rural Violence in Mexico by Joel A. Solomon, Cynthia G Brown, Sebastian Brett, Human Rights Watch/Americas, Anne Manuel (1997)
"According to The Violence in Oaxaca (La Violencia en Oaxaca), a report published by the Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center (Centro de Derechos ..."

2. Terry's Mexico: Handbook for Travellers by Thomas Philip Terry (1909)
"We approach Oaxaca through a fine valley threaded by the ... C. Urbano y Agrícola de Oaxaca meet trains; 7 c. to the Plaza de Armas ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1911)
"THIS paper is a discussion of a part of the mineral wealth of the States of Oaxaca and Puebla, Mexico. It does not refer to the precious metals, ..."

4. Mexico of the Twentieth Century by Percy Falcke Martin (1908)
"The Southern Railway, a British Corporation, running from the City of Puebla to the City of Oaxaca, was among the earliest pioneers in this district. ..."

5. Appletons' Guide to Mexico: Including a Chapter on Guatemala : and an by Alfred Ronald Conkling (1884)
"Thence it will go to Oaxaca (350 miles). The highest point of the route is 5500 feet above the sea-level. Oaxaca. Population, 26228 ; elevation, about 5000 ..."

6. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1903)
"(FS) THE LANGUAGES OF THE STATE OF Oaxaca, MEXICO, (a) INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE EL ... Among the states of México, Oaxaca is preeminent in the number of native ..."

7. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"Humid tropical forests of southern Vera Cruz, adjacent parts of extreme southeastern Oaxaca, Tabasco, eastern Chiapas, and perhaps extreme northwestern ..."

8. Mexico, the Wonderland of the South by William English Carson (1909)
"It was half-past six, and we had reached Oaxaca. The journey had been very trying, for the heat had been almost unbearable until the sun went down, ..."

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