Xelajú

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Xelajú is the traditional Kʼicheʼ Maya name and commonly used nickname for the Guatemalan city of Quetzaltenango, a major cultural and economic center in the country’s western highlands.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Xelajú canonical 2
Xelajú Noj 1

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Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kʼicheʼ Maya toponym
city nickname
traditional place name
alsoKnownAs Xela
associatedWith Maya culture
associatedWithEthnicGroup Kʼicheʼ people
country Guatemala
etymologyLanguage Kʼicheʼ
hasCulturalReference Xelajú MC
surface form: Club Xelajú MC
hasCulturalSignificanceIn Guatemala
western highlands of Guatemala
hasDemonymForm Xelaína
Xelaíno
hasRole cultural identifier of Quetzaltenango
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
influences regional branding of Quetzaltenango
isNicknameFor City of Quetzaltenango
surface form: city of Quetzaltenango
isShortFormOf Xelajú self-linksurface differs
surface form: Xelajú Noj
isTraditionalNameFor Quetzaltenango
languageOfName Kʼicheʼ Maya
locatedIn Guatemala
Quetzaltenango Department
locatedInRegion western highlands of Guatemala
partOf Maya toponymy
refersTo Quetzaltenango
relatedTo Quetzaltenango (department) NERFINISHED
Quetzaltenango (municipality)
toponymType indigenous place name
usedAs colloquial name for Quetzaltenango
usedBy Kʼicheʼ people
surface form: Kʼicheʼ Maya people
usedInContext local identity in Quetzaltenango
sports fandom in Quetzaltenango

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xela alsoKnownAs Xelajú
Xelajú isShortFormOf Xelajú self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Xelajú Noj