Colotlan

noun

Co·​lot·​lan

ˌkōlōtˈlän

plural Colotlan or Colotlans

1

: a Piman people in Jalisco, Mexico

2

: a member of the Colotlan people

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Spanish colotlán, from Colotlán, municipalty and river in northern Jalisco, borrowed from Nahuatl Cōlōtlān, from cōlō-, stem of cōlōtl "scorpion" + -tlān, locative suffix

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