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The Muisca Confederation

This list contains the toponyms (place names) in Muisca, the language of the

Muisca who inhabited the Colombian Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca in the 1530s. The name of the language of the Muisca is called Chibcha, Muisca or, in its own language, Muysccubun
. Muisca means "man", "person" or "people".

Most names of the Muisca have been kept by the Spanish colonists, though some are slightly altered through time. A number of names refer to the farmfields (tá) or other geographical features of the region.

Quechua, meaning condor's nest.[3]

Chibcha language

toponyms outside the Muisca Confederation territories, such as the Guane, Lache, U'wa or Sutagao
and Spanish language toponyms within the Muisca Confederation are not included.

Muisca toponyms

(Modern) name
bold is capital 		Department
bold is capital 		Ruler(s)
bold is seat 		Meaning(s) in Muysccubun
bold is personal name 		Notes Map
Bogotá
Bogotá Formation
Bogotá River
Bogotá savanna
Bacatá
Muequetá
Capital District
zipa
 		(Enclosure) outside the farm fields [2][4][5][6]
Tunja
Hunza 		Boyacá
zaque
 		Proud lord [1]
Duitama
Tundama
Tundama Province 		Boyacá Tundama Named after cacique Tundama [1]
Sogamoso
Suamox
Sugamuxi Province 		Boyacá iraca Dwelling of the Sun (Sué) [1]
Arcabuco
Arcabuco Formation 		Boyacá cacique Place of the intricate scrublands
Place enclosed by the hills 		[1]
Betéitiva Boyacá cacique Chief of the mouth
Named after cacique Betacín 		[1][7]
Boavita Boyacá cacique Point on the hill worshipping the Sun
Gate of the Sun 		[1][8]
Boyacá
Boyacá Department 		Boyacá
zaque
 		Region of the blankets
Enclosure of the cacique 		[1][9]
Busbanzá Boyacá iraca Named after cacique Boazá [1]
Cerinza Boyacá Tundama My throat
Named after cacique Cerinza 		[1]
Chinavita Boyacá
zaque
 		Our point or illuminated hill top [1][10]
Chiquinquirá
Chiquinquirá Sandstone
Chiquinquirá Valley 		Boyacá cacique Place of swamps covered with fog
Also: Holy people, because of the
Fúquene Lake ceremonies 		[1]
Chíquiza Boyacá
zaque
 		Only or alone, Chiqui means priest
Hairy field 		[1][11]
Chitagoto
part of Paz de Río 		Boyacá Tundama From cacique Chitagoto [12]
Chitaraque Boyacá
zaque
 		Our vigorous farmfields from before [1][13]
Chivatá Boyacá
zaque
 		Our outside farmfields [1][14]
Chivor
Chivor Mine 		Boyacá cacique Our farmfields - our mother
Green and rich land 		[1]
Ciénega Boyacá
zaque
 		Place of water [1]
Cómbita Boyacá cacique Force of the summit
Hand of the jaguar and wheel of life 		[1][15]
Covarachía Boyacá cacique Land of the Sun and the Moon
Cave of the Moon 		[1][16]
Cucaita Boyacá
zaque
 		Seminary enclosure
Shade of the farming fields 		[1][17]
Cuítiva
 Boyacá iraca Similarity to the chief [1]
Firavitoba Boyacá iraca Air of clouds [1]
Gachantivá Boyacá
zaque
 		Chief of the Gacha [1][18]
Gámeza Boyacá iraca Serf of the Sun [1]
Garagoa
 Boyacá
zaque
 		Behind the hill
On the other side of the hill 		[1]
Guateque
Guatoc 		Boyacá cacique Stream of the ravine
Lord of the winds 		[1][19]
Guayatá Boyacá cacique Domain of the female cacique
From Guaya (creek in Tenza) and "tá" (farmfields or land over there) 		[1][20]
Iza
Iza—Paipa volcanic complex 		Boyacá iraca Place of healing [1]
Lengupá Province
Lengupá River 		Boyacá
zaque
 		"Len": site; "Gua": of the river; "Paba": father or chief [21]
Macanal
Macanal Formation 		Boyacá
zaque
 		From: Macana: palm tree or garrote [1][22]
Mongua Boyacá iraca Bath on the hill
Sunrise 		[1]
Moniquirá
Moniquirá River 		Boyacá cacique Place of bath [1]
Motavita Boyacá
zaque
 		Washing place to prepare for growing crops [23]
Nobsa Boyacá Tundama Decent bath of today [1]
Oicatá Boyacá
zaque
 		Domain of the priests
Hailstoned farmlands 		[1]
Pachavita Boyacá
zaque
 		Peak of the man
Proud chief 		[1][24]
Paipa
Iza—Paipa volcanic complex 		Boyacá Tundama Named after the cacique of the Paipa people [1]
Paya Boyacá cacique People of hope [1]
Pesca Boyacá iraca Strong enclosure
Domain of the fortress 		[1]
Pisba
PNN Pisba 		Boyacá cacique Honourable domain from before [1]
Ramiriquí
Ramaraquí 		Boyacá
zaque
 		White earth
Ca-Mi-Quiqui 		[1]
Ráquira Boyacá cacique Village of the pans [1]
Saboyá Boyacá cacique Taste for the blankets
Named after cacique Saboyá 		[1]
Sáchica Boyacá
zaque
 		our present domain
fortress or mansion of the sovereign 		[1][25]
San Miguel de Sema Boyacá
zaque
 		Named after the Sema tribe, part of the Muisca [1][26]
Sativanorte Boyacá Tundama Named after the cacique Sátiva [1]
Sativasur Boyacá Tundama Named after the cacique Sátiva [1]
Siachoque Boyacá
zaque
 		Land of the vigorous taste
Place of good smells and strong and vigorous cultures 		[1][27]
Soatá
Soatá Formation 		Boyacá Tundama Farmfields of the Sun [1]
Socotá
Socotá Formation 		Boyacá iraca
Tundama 		Good harvest
Land of the Sun and farmfields 		[1][28]
Somondoco Boyacá
zaque
 		So = stone, Mon = bath, Co = support
Named after cacique Somendoco or Sumindoco 		[1][29]
Sora Boyacá
zaque
 		Devil worshipper [1]
Soracá Boyacá
zaque
 		Ruling mansion of the sovereign [1]
Sotaquirá Boyacá
zaque
 		Town of the sovereign [1]
Susacón Boyacá Tundama Ally of the cacique Susa [1]
Sutamarchán Boyacá
zaque
 		Merchant of the sovereign Suta
Marchán refers to 18th century encomendero Pedro Merchan de Velasco 		[1][30]
Sutatenza Boyacá
zaque
 		Cloud behind the mouth
Descending to the house of the cacique 		[1][31]
Tenza
Tenza Valley
Tanazuca 		Boyacá cacique Behind the mouth
Going down at night 		[1]
Tibaná Boyacá
zaque
 		Named after Tibanaes
"Tiba" means chief 		[1][32]
Tibasosa
Tibasosa Formation 		Boyacá Tundama
iraca 		Chief of the domain [1]
Tinjacá Boyacá
zaque
 		Enclosure of the powerful lord [1][33]
Tipacoque Boyacá
zaque
 		Name of the hacienda of the Augustines
Dependency of the zaque 		[1][34]
Toca Boyacá iraca Domain of the river [1]
Togüí
 Boyacá
zaque
 		River of the wife or house of the dog [1][35]
Tópaga
 Boyacá cacique Behind father river [1]
Tota
Lake Tota 		Boyacá iraca Farmfields of the river [1]
Turmequé Boyacá
zaque
 		Vigorous chief [1]
Tuta Boyacá zaque Borrowed farmlands or Property of the Sun
Named after the Tuta tribe 		[1][36]
Tutazá Boyacá cacique Named after cacique Tutazúa; son of the Sun [1]
Úmbita Boyacá cacique Your point, your summit, summit of the farmlands [1]
Viracachá Boyacá
zaque
 		Air of the lake or lord of the enclosure of the wind [1][37]
Zetaquira
 Boyacá
zaque
 		Land of the snake or City of the snake [1][38]
Bojacá
Bojacá River 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Purple enclosure [3][39]
Cajicá Cundinamarca
zipa
 		From ca and jica; "stone fortress"
From the cacique Cajic 		[40][41]
[40]
Cáqueza
Cáqueza Group 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Region or enclosure without forest [42]
Chía
Chía Formation 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Named after Chía, Moon goddess [43]
Chipaque
Chipaque Formation 		Cundinamarca cacique Derived from Chipapabacue; Forest of our ancestors [44]
Choachí Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Derived from Chi-gua-chí; our mountain of the Moon [45]
Chocontá Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Farmlands of the good ally [46]
Cogua Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Support of the hill [47]
Cota Cundinamarca
zipa
 		From personal name Gota or cota; "curl" [48]
Cucunubá Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Similarity to a face [3][49]
Facatativá Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Strong enclosure at the end of the plains [50]
Fómeque
Fómeque Formation 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Your forest of the foxes [51]
Funza River
 Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Powerful lord [52]
Fúquene
Lake Fúquene 		Cundinamarca
zaque
 		From fú and quyny; bed of the fox
Named after the god Fu; bed of Fu 		[53]
Gachancipá Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Pottery of the zipa [54]
Gachalá Cundinamarca cacique Clay vessel or defeat of the night [55]
Gachetá Formation
 Cundinamarca cacique Behind our farmfields [56]
Gama Cundinamarca cacique Our back [57]
Guachetá Cundinamarca cacique Farmlands of the hill [58]
Guasca Cundinamarca
zipa
 		From guâ and shucâ; skirt of the mountain range [59]
Guatavita
Lake Guatavita 		Cundinamarca cacique End of the farmlands [60]
Lenguazaque Cundinamarca
zaque
 		End of the reign of the zaque [61]
Machetá Cundinamarca
zaque
 		Your honourable farmfields [62][63]
Manta Cundinamarca cacique Your farmfields [64]
Nemocón Cundinamarca
zipa
 		From Enemocón; sadness of the warrior
Named after Nemequene 		[64][65]
Pacho
Guataque or Gotaque 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Good father
"Gua" = mountain, "tha"; strong and "que"; elevated; strong elevated mountain 		[64][66]
Pasca Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Father's enclosure [67]
Quetame
Quetame Group 		Cundinamarca cacique Our farmfields of the mountain [68]
Sesquilé Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Hot water [69]
Sibaté Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Leak of the lake [70]
Simijaca
Simijaca Formation 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 (1490-1537) 		Blue circle or nose of the white owl [71]
Soacha
Soacha Province
Soacha River 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Súa; Sun god Sué and chá; Man of the Sun [72]
Sopó Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Rock or strong hill [73]
Subachoque
Subachoque River
Subachoque Formation 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Work of the Sun
Farmfields of the front 		[74]
Suesca
Lake Suesca 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Rock of the birds or Tail of the macaw [75][76]
Susa Cundinamarca
zipa
 (1490-1537) 		White reed or soft reed [77]
Sutatausa Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Small tribute [78]
Tabio Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Mouth [of the river] [79]
Tausa Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Tribute [80]
Tena
Zuca 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Place of rest for the zipa [81]
Tenjo Cundinamarca
zipa
 		In the mouth [82]
Tequendama
Tequendama Falls
Tequendama Province 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 		He who precipitates downward [83]
Tibacuy Cundinamarca
zipa
Panche
 Official chief [84]
Tibiritá Cundinamarca
zaque
 		[citation needed]
Tocancipá Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Valley of the joys of the zipa [85]
Ubalá Cundinamarca cacique Place on the hillside or At the foot of the hillside [86]
Ubaque Cundinamarca cacique From Ybaque; blooding Eucalyptus tree or from Ebaque [87]
Ubaté
Ubaté Province
Ubaté River
Ubaté Valley 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 (1490-1537) 		Sower of the mouth or blooded land [88]
Une
Une Formation 		Cundinamarca cacique Drop it or mud [89][90]
Zipacón Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Crying of the zipa [91]
Zipaquirá Cundinamarca
zipa
 		City of our father [37]
Charalá Santander cacique Named after the Guane cacique Chalala [92]
Chipatá Santander cacique "chi" = our, "pa" = father, "tá" = farmland
Named after cacique Chipatá 		[93][94]
Onzaga Santander Tundama From cacique Hunzaá [95]
Bosa Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Enclosure of the one who guards and defends the cornfields [96]
Engativá Cundinamarca
zipa
 		From Ingativá; Cacique of the land of the Sun
Engue-tivá; captain of the delicious [people] 		[96]
Fontibón Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Powerful chief [96][51]
Suba
Suba Hills 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 		From "sua"; Sun and "sie"; water
From "uba"; fruit or flower and "sua"; Sun; Flower of the Sun 		[96][97]
Teusaquillo Cundinamarca
zipa
 		From Teusacá; borrowed enclosure [96]
Tunjuelito
Tunjuelo Formation
Tunjuelo River 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Diminutive form of tunjo; anthropomorph made of gold [98]
Usaquén Cundinamarca
zipa
 		From cacique Usaque; Usaque means "under the pole" [99]
Usme
Usme Fault
Usme Formation 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Nest of love [100]
El Chicó Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Chicó comes from chicú; "our ally" [101]
Techo
Techo wetland 		Cundinamarca
zipa
 		From cacique Techitina [102]
Chingaza
 Cundinamarca
Guayupe
 Middle of the width [103]
Siecha Lakes Cundinamarca
zipa
 		House of the Lord [104]
Tibabuyes Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Land of the farmers [105]
Maiporé Cundinamarca
zipa
 		Welcome [106]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b (in Spanish) ta - Muysccubun Dictionary
  3. ^ a b c (in Spanish) Etymology municipalities Cundinamarca - El Tiempo
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  10. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Chinavita Archived 2015-05-31 at archive.today
  11. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Chíquiza Archived 2015-05-29 at archive.today
  12. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Chitagoto
  13. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Chitaraque Archived 2015-06-03 at archive.today
  14. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Chivatá Archived 2015-05-29 at archive.today
  15. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Cómbita Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
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  17. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Cucaita Archived 2015-05-29 at archive.today
  18. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Gachantivá Archived 2015-06-03 at archive.today
  19. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Guateque Archived 2015-06-02 at archive.today
  20. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Guayatá[permanent dead link]
  21. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Lengupá
  22. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Macanal
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  24. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Pachavita
  25. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Sáchica Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  26. ^ (in Spanish) Official website San Miguel de Sema
  27. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Siachoque
  28. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Socotá
  29. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Somondoco
  30. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Sutamarchán
  31. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Sutatenza Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  32. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Tibaná
  33. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Tinjacá
  34. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Tipacoque
  35. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Togüí
  36. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Tuta Archived 2015-05-29 at archive.today
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  38. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Zetaquirá Archived 2014-03-10 at archive.today
  39. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Bojacá Archived 2017-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
  40. ^ a b Román, 2008, p.288
  41. ^ (in Spanish) History and etymology of Cajicá Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  42. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Cáqueza
  43. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Chía
  44. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Chipaque Archived 2014-03-10 at archive.today
  45. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Choachí Archived 2017-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
  46. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Chocontá Archived 2014-03-10 at archive.today
  47. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Cogua Archived 2015-05-20 at archive.today
  48. ^ (in Spanish) Article Muiscuismos on es:wiki
  49. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Cucunubá Archived 2015-05-22 at archive.today
  50. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Facatativá Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
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  52. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Funza Archived 2015-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
  53. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Fúquene Archived 2019-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
  54. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Gachancipá Archived 2014-03-10 at archive.today
  55. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Gachalá Archived 2017-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
  56. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Gachetá Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  57. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Gama Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  58. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Guachetá Archived 2017-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
  59. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Guasca Archived 2017-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
  60. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Guatavita Archived 2016-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
  61. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Lenguazaque Archived 2015-05-22 at archive.today
  62. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Machetá Archived 2017-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  63. ^ Espejo Olaya, 1999, p.1120
  64. ^ a b c Espejo Olaya, 1999, p.1121
  65. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Nemocón Archived 2015-05-20 at archive.today
  66. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Pacho Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  67. ^ Espejo Olaya, 1999, p.1122
  68. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Quetame
  69. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Sesquilé
  70. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Sibaté Archived 2015-05-20 at archive.today
  71. ^ Espejo Olaya, 1999, p.1123
  72. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Soacha Archived 2016-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  73. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Sopó Archived 2016-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  74. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Subachoque
  75. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Suesca Archived 2015-05-15 at archive.today
  76. Banco de la República
  77. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Susa
  78. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Sutatausa Archived 2016-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  79. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Tabio Archived 2015-05-20 at archive.today
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  81. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Tena
  82. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Tenjo
  83. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Tequendama Archived 2017-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
  84. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Tibacuy
  85. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Tocancipá
  86. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Ubalá
  87. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Ubaque Archived 2017-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
  88. ^ Espejo Olaya, 1999, p.1125
  89. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Une Archived 2015-05-17 at archive.today
  90. ^ (in Spanish) une - Muysccubun Dictionary
  91. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Zipacón
  92. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Charalá Archived 2015-06-05 at archive.today
  93. ^ Espejo Olaya, 1999, p.1118
  94. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Chipatá Archived 2015-06-07 at archive.today
  95. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Onzaga Archived 2017-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  96. ^ a b c d e (in Spanish) Etymology localities of Bogotá
  97. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Suba
  98. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Tunjuelito
  99. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Usaquén
  100. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Usme - El Tiempo
  101. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology El Chicó
  102. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Techo[permanent dead link]
  103. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Chingaza[permanent dead link]
  104. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology of the Siecha Lakes
  105. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Tibabuyes
  106. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Maiporé Archived 2016-07-01 at the Wayback Machine

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External links

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