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👄 Spanish for mouth 🌊 A narrow entrance
boca

boca

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A Spanish word meaning mouth often used in place names in the United States
  • noun
  • /ˈboʊkə/
  • US
translation icon : boca
  • Elon Musk did, with SpaceX, purchase many different manufactured homes for workforce housing at SpaceX in Boca Chico, Texas.

Examples

  • The famous restaurant is located near the boca of the river.

  • Many wildlife species thrive in the shallow waters at the boca of the lagoon.

  • The captain carefully navigated the boat through the narrow boca to get to the harbor.

Surface Forms

boca singular
bocas plural

Etymology

Boca is the Spanish word for 'mouth', and it often appears in place names to show a town by a river, bay, or opening to the sea. So when you see boca in a name, think of a 'mouth' or entrance to water.