Tijuana

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tijuana, possibly from Kumeyaay Tiwan (literally “by-the-sea”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /tɪˈ(h)wɑːnə/
(US) IPA^(key): /tiˈhwɑnə/
Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Tijuana

The largest city in Baja California, Mexico, by the American border with San Diego.
Synonym: TJ (abbreviation)

Derived terms

Translations

city in Baja California, Mexico

Arabic: تِيخْوَانَا‎ f (tīḵwānā)
Belarusian: Тыхуа́на f (Tyxuána)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蒂華納, 蒂华纳 (Dìhuánà)
Finnish: Tijuana
Georgian: ტიხუანა (ṭixuana)
Greek: Τιχουάνα f (Tichouána)
Hebrew: טִיחוּאָנָה‎ f (Tihuána)
Icelandic: Tíjúana f
Japanese: ティファナ (Tifana), (less common) ティフアナ (Tifuana)
Korean: 티후아나 (Tihuana)
Latvian: Tihuana f
Lithuanian: Tichuana f

Malayalam: ടീഹ്വാന (ṭīhvāna)
Marathi: तिहुआना f (tihuānā)
Ossetian: Тихуанӕ (Tixwanæ)
Persian: تیخوانا‎ (Tixovânâ), تیهوانا‎ (Tihovânâ)
Punjabi: ਤੀਖ਼ਵਾਨਾ f (tīkḥvānā)
Russian: Тихуа́на f (Tixuána)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Тихуана f

Roman: Tijuana f
Spanish: Tijuana (es) f
Thai: ตีฮัวนา (dtii-huua-naa)
Ukrainian: Тіхуа́на f (Tixuána)

Anagrams

Juanita

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Kumeyaay Tiwan (literally “by-the-sea”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiˈxwana/, [t̪iˈxwana]
Rhymes: -ana
Hyphenation: Ti‧jua‧na

Proper noun

Tijuana f

Tijuana (a city in Baja California, Mexico)

Derived terms

tijuanense

Anagrams

Juanita

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