No. 8,406 in Spanish
quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango is the name of a city in Guatemala, also known as Xela, and it means "place of the quetzal bird" in Nahuatl.
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Quetzaltenango es la segunda ciudad más grande de Guatemala.
Quetzaltenango is the second-largest city in Guatemala.
Here, 'Quetzaltenango' is used as the proper noun for a city in Guatemala.
Visité Quetzaltenango el año pasado y me encantaron sus paisajes.
I visited Quetzaltenango last year and loved its landscapes.
In this sentence, 'Quetzaltenango' is used to indicate a location I visited.
La cultura de Quetzaltenango combina tradiciones mayas y españolas.
The culture of Quetzaltenango combines Mayan and Spanish traditions.
Here, 'Quetzaltenango' refers to the city whose culture is being described.
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