The name is derived from the Nahuatl Xalisco, which means over a sandy surface.[10][32] Until about 1836, the name was spelled “Xalisco,” with the “x” used to indicate the “sh” sound from Nahuatl. However, the modern Spanish based pronunciation is represented with a “j.”[10] The coat of arms for Guadalajara was adopted and adapted as the state seal since 1989 with minor changes to distinguish the two.[32] The nickname for people from Jalisco, “tapatío” origin although Franciscan Alonso de Molina wrote that it came from an indigenous word that means “the price of something purchased
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