pejorative, is a language isolate or small language family that is spoken by some 140,000 Purépecha in the highlands of Michoacán, Mexico. Purépecha was the main...

their music." Pirekua Pelota purépecha Purépecha deities Purépecha Empire Purépecha language Purépecha flag "Purépecha". 26 December 2016. Haskell, David...

the Purépecha Empire, Michhuahcān from michin ("fish"), -huah ("possessor of"), and -cān ("place of") and means "place of fishers." The Purépecha Empire...

Purépecha are an indigenous people of the Mexican state of Michoacán. Purépecha may also refer to: Purépecha language, the language of the Purépecha Purépecha...

1500s, located in (present-day) west-central Mexico the Purépecha people the Purépecha language The term has pejorative connotations of "loathsomeness...

Pelota purépecha (Spanish for "Purépecha ball"), called Uárukua Ch'anakua ( "a game with sticks") in the Purépecha language, is an Indigenous Mexican sport...

Purépecha, language of the Purépecha, the name of the state was Iréchecua Tzintzuntzáni, the "lands of Tzintzuntzan".[citation needed] The Purépecha were...

and Teco peoples as well as the Purépecha. The main pre-Hispanic civilization of the state is that of the Purépecha, which was centered in the Lake Pátzcuaro...

The Purépecha flag is the official flag of the Purépecha people, an Indigenous nation in Michoacán, Mexico. This flag consists of four fields of four colors...

Zihuatanejo has two possible origins. One origin might be from the Purépecha language meaning "water of the yellow mountain"; another possible origin might...

cactli, of Náhuatl origin. The name "huarache" is derived from the Purépecha language term kwarachi, and directly translates into English as sandal.[citation...

Uto-Aztecan and Chibchan languages (only on the southern border of the area) – as well as a few smaller families and isolates – Purépecha, Huave, Tequistlatec...

in the Purépecha language, is a town located near Lake Pátzcuaro in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It was once the capital of the Purépecha kingdom...

Los Bukis (English: the Bukis; buki meaning "kid" in the Purépecha language) are a Mexican grupero band. Formed in Ario de Rosales, Michoacán in 1973,...

The culture of the Purépecha people was polytheist. List of some deities: Curicaveri - sun god (victory god) Cuerauáperi - Creation goddess Xarátanga...

languages Yana/Yahi and other Hokan languages Mayan languages Totonacan languages Mixe-Zoquean languages Purépecha language Tequistlatecan languages Huave...

ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Purépecha capital of the same name. The name comes from the Purépecha word Ts’intsuntsani, which means "place...

hill facing Jacona, for example, is called Curutarán. Curutarán is a Purépecha language word, formed by the words: "ku", put together; "rhu", projection,...

the first distillery was built in the region. Charanda is a term in Purépecha language meaning 'red-colored soil'. Obtained through the distillation and...

volcano is divided into four stages, with names that come from the Purépecha language. The first phase (Quitzocho) extended from February 22 to October...

in Europe, Zuni of New Mexico, Purépecha of Mexico, Ainu of Japan, Burushaski of Pakistan, and many others. The language family of the world that has the...

languages, the Paezan languages and the Tucanoan languages. Macro-Quechua comprising the Zuni language, the Purépecha language and various languages of...

Héctor R. Olea combinsa Cahia sina with the locative "ro" from the Purépecha language and "a" from Aztec atl ('water'), thus "place of pithayas in the water...

and has recorded songs in many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Mayan, Nahuatl and Purépecha. Born and raised in Oaxaca, she primarily studied...

the Aztec Empire or Purépecha Empire, but Guanajuato was under the control of neither. It was on the northern border of the Purépecha Empire with southern...

eleven Municipios that are demographically denoted as Purépecha. Inhabitants speak the Purépecha language, as well as the local variety of Spanish. Cherán...

Nahua, Huetamo, Colima, and Purépecha. Zamora sits in the Tziróndaro Valley which means "swamp place" in the Purépecha language. The village of Zamora was...

were the Otomi, who were then displaced by the Chichimeca. There was Purépecha presence as well due mostly to ancient trading routes. The oldest known...

among the most detailed as well as earliest modern linguistics of the Purépecha language. Friedrich returned to Michoacán in the mid 1960s for further study...

Chupícuaro can be translated as blue place. The name derives from the Purépecha language word chupicua, a name for the Ipomoea plant, used for blue dye, and...