Tijuana

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɪˈ(h)wɑːnə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tiˈ(h)wɑnə/, (nonstandard) /tiəˈ(h)wɑnə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Tijuana

1. The largest city in Baja California, Mexico, by the American border with San Diego.

   Synonym: TJ (abbreviation)

   • 2016, “Jesus Alone”, in Skeleton Tree, performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:

     You're a drug addict lying on your back / In a Tijuana hotel room

Derived terms

• San Diego-Tijuana
• Tijuana Bible
• Tijuanan

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)
• Kumeyaay: tiwan
• Latvian: Tihuana f
• Lithuanian: Tichuana f
• Malayalam: ടീഹ്വാന (ṭīhvāna)
• Marathi: तिह्वाना f (tihvānā)
• Ossetian: Тихуанӕ (Tixwanæ)
• Persian: تیخوانا (tixovânâ), تیهوانا (tihovânâ)
• Punjabi: ਤੀਖ਼ਵਾਨਾ f (tīxvānā)
• 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, Juniata

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tijuana

1. Tijuana (the largest city in the state of Baja California, Mexico)

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈxwana/ [t̪iˈxwa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Ti‧jua‧na

Proper noun

Tijuana f

1. Tijuana (a city in Baja California, Mexico)

Derived terms

• tijuanense

Anagrams

• Juanita