Chiapa

Proper noun

Meaning

Clipping of Chiapa de Corzo.

(historical) Former name of San Cristóbal de las Casas.

Obsolete form of Chiapas, a Mexican province.

Examples

A shell glyph – – was used as a zero symbol for these Long Count dates, the earliest of which (on Stela 2 at Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas ) has a date of 36 BC. Source: Internet

Higgens, p. 85. For most of the early and mid 19th century, Conservatives held most of the power and were concentrated in the larger cites of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapa (de Corzo), Tuxtla and Comitán. Source: Internet

It was one of two settlements initially called Villa Real de Chiapa de los Españoles and the other called Chiapa de los Indios. Source: Internet

Many different glyphs, including this partial quatrefoil — —were used as a zero symbol for these Long Count dates, the earliest of which (on Stela 2 at Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas ) has a date of 36 BC. Source: Internet

The best-known area for this type of work, called "laca" is Chiapa de Corzo, which has a museum dedicated to it. Source: Internet

The Chiapans, for whom the state is named, migrated into the center of the state during this time and settled around Chiapa de Corzo, the old Mixe–Zoque stronghold. Source: Internet

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