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I changed "Mexican: Cancún" to "Spanish: Cancún". Can-Cún is from the Mayan Can/Nest - Cun/Snake, so it means Snake's Nest.) Mexican is a equivalent to Nahuatl, the language of the "Aztecs", which is totally different from Spanish, which is the language Spoken in México and all other Spanish speaking countries.

I guess that Cancún is probably of native origin, but it's probably most correct to call words using in Mexico "Spanish" rather than "Mexican". Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. --Evan 14:28, 26 May 2004 (EDT)

Mexico is in North America, not Central America. Move the article? Deirdre Golash 21:40, 4 Feb 2005 (EST)

Cancun is Mayan. It was originally spelled Cancu-en. There's no real reason for the accent, which was added at some unknown point when the resort was under construction. The emphasis falls on the second syllable naturally, as it's supposed to in Spanish. Mexican Spanish is distinctly different from castellano. It has many indigenous words from dozens of tribal languages, many of which are spoken to this day. [[User:Jules Siegel]

You've also got the translation wrong. Can means snake. Although contemporary Mayas agree that kun means nest, this translation does not appear in the standard Cordomex dictionary of the Mayan language. Modern Maya contains many Spanish words. The Spanish word for den or animal's nest is cuna. It also means cradle. I am not going to go into the full drill on this. Suffice it to say that Cancun refers to Kukulcan or Quetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent, the principal Mayan national and religious symbol.

--201.102.139.92 09:28, 5 Feb 2006 (EST)Jules Siegel

Wikipedia (which is linked from the article in the otherlanguages box) has a full explanation of the meaning and etylmology. -- Colin 13:46, 5 Feb 2006 (EST)

Good point. I wrote that explanation, too. Jules Siegel 19:27, 11 April 2006 (EDT)

hurricane warning?

I see no need for the hurricane warning any more. I was there shortly after the hurricane and the airport, hotels, restaurants, malls etc were operational.

Thanks. I have removed the warning which was pretty out of date anyway, but the wiki way would have been for you to remove the warning and leave a note explaining why. Plunge forward!. — Ravikiran 23:57, 9 May 2006 (EDT)