jalapeno

[hah-luh-peyn-yoh; Sp. hah-lah-pe-nyaw] Origin

ja·la·pe·ño

[hah-luh-peyn-yoh; Sp. hah-lah-pe-nyaw]
noun, plural ja·la·pe·ños [-peyn-yohz; Sp. -pe-nyaws] .
a hot green or orange-red pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum, used especially in Mexican cooking.
Also, ja·la·pe·no.
Also called jalapeño pepper.


Origin:
1935–40; < Mexican Spanish (chile) jalapeño (chile of) Jalapa
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Jalapeno is always a great word to know.
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

jalapeño
from Mex.Sp. Jalapa, place in Mexico, from Aztec Xalapan, lit. "sand by the water," from xalli "sand" + atl "water" + -pan "place."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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