Coalinga, LIpantitlan

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Two words with initial "l¨from the Huasteca:
"locotzoa", to shorten or shrink something
"lalamiqui", to be intelligent (from tla-ilnamiqui)

John Sullivan, Ph.D.
Profesor de lengua y cultura nahua
Unidad Académica de Idiomas
Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
Director
Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas, A.C.
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On Apr 14, 2005, at 12:59 AM, ANTHONY APPLEYARD wrote:

> I have come across a guesstymology or urban myth that the name of the
> place Coalinga http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coalinga in
> California came from "Coaling [station] A" where steam railway engines
> got coal. Is this correct? Or does the name refer to a different sort
> of thing that hisses, namely Nahuatl [coatl]?
>
> Lipantitlan http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/lipan/lipan.htm in Texas
> looks Nahuatl, but the initial L looks unnatural for Nahuatl. Is this
> [lipan] the name of a local native tribe?
>