Etymograph

English

Sinaloa

Sinaloa comes from Mayo sinalobola ‘round pitahaya’.

  1. Mayomodernsinalobola‘round pitahaya’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Sinaloa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mayomodernsinalobola‘round pitahaya’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Sinaloa

Earliest quotation: 2025, Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Avery Schmitz: “Since his capture, homicides in Sinaloa have risen by…”

The story

Disputed.

Today it means

name A state of Mexico.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mayo sinalobola / Sinaloa