# Tabasco
## English
### Etymology

Of unclear origin. The first definition listed in the 1994 Diccionario enciclopédico de Tabasco was from the Nahuatl name of the area, tlapalco meaning "(place of) damp earth"; wetlands are still extensive in the Mexican state of Tabasco. Other opinions listed were Mayan word tab-uaxac-koh, meaning "(our) lord of eight lions"; others suggest it derives from a Nahuatl word: tla-uashka-ko meaning "place that has an owner", or tlapachtli.
The tabasco pepper was popular in the Mexican state and is named for it; a hot sauce made from that pepper was eaten in the state since the 1650s, and a version was popularized in the United States and elsewhere by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana, beginning in the 1870s.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /təˈbæskəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Tabasco
* A state of Mexico.

#### See also

Divisions of the United Mexican States in English (layout · text) :
* States: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · Mexico · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas
* Autonomous city: Mexico City

### Noun

Tabasco (uncountable)
* A spicy pepper sauce made from tabasco pepper (a chili pepper) with the addition of vinegar and salt.

#### Derived terms

* Tabasco sauce

#### Translations
### See also

* Tabasco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* 1 2 3 Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Tabasco”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* 1 2 3 Diccionario enciclopédico de Tabasco, volume 2 (1994), page 628: "[...] Tabasco procede de tlapalco, "en la tierra húmeda" [...]. Marcos E. Becerra, en su obra Nombres geográficos de Tabasco, descarta la versión atribuida a los doctores Brinton y Berendt, en el sentido de que Tabasco viene del maya tab-uaxac-koh, que en su proceso de castellanización pasó a ser sucesivamente Tabuashakoj, Tabuasaco, Tabuasco y al fin Tabasco, que significa "nuestro señor el de los ocho leones". En cambio, sostiene que Tabasco deriva del náhuatl "Tla-uash-ko: de tla, prefijo pronominal indeterminativo, alguno; uashka, dominio, propiedad; y ko, terminación toponímica", o sea "lugar que tiene dueño". El historiador Diógenes López [...]"
* ↑ Maryann Tebben, Sauces: A Global History →ISBN, 2014)

### Anagrams

* abacost

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Tabasco
* Tabasco (a state of Mexico)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Uncertain; see English Tabasco.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈbasko/ [t̪aˈβ̞as.ko]
* Rhymes: -asko
* Syllabification: Ta‧bas‧co

### Proper noun

Tabasco m
* A state of Mexico

#### Related terms

* tabasqueño

### See also

Divisions of the United Mexican States in Spanish (layout · text) :
* Estados: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · México · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas
* Ciudad autónoma: Ciudad de México

## Turkish
### Proper noun

Tabasco
* Tabasco (a state of Mexico)