saltillo

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saltillo^¹

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Borrowed from Spanish saltillo.

noun saltillos

In Mexican languages, especially Nahuatl, a glottal stop or fricative sound.
In mostly Hispanophone countries, especially Mexico, an apostrophe-like letter (lowercase ꞌ and in some orthographies capital Ꞌ) used to represent a glottal stop.

Saltillo^²

proper noun

The capital and largest city of the state of Coahuila in Mexico.

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"saltillo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/saltillo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{saltillo_2026,
  title = {saltillo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saltillo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}