Tepic
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A city that is the capital of the state of Nayarit in west central Mexico
- proper noun
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Tepic
- Can't raise tepic or Panama anymore.
Examples
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On Oct. 11, a plane landed near a dam just south of Tepic, in Nayarit state.
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You know, we stop off at tepic, Mexico, in the morning.
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Give me weather at tepic.
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Los Angeles to Panama via tepic, Mexico.
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The last radio message from Brooks was received four hours after they left tepic.
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We land at tepic in the morning, don't we?
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We land at Tepic in the morning, don't we?
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A caravan of family members, friends, and relatives drove or took buses to Tepic, where 91 of the people who had been arrested were locked up.
Surface Forms
Tepic main
Etymology
Tepic comes from an old native Mexican word connected to the Nahuatl root tepetl meaning 'hill'. So Tepic originally meant 'place of the hill', which helps explain the city's name and where it sits.