Kaua is a locality and the municipal seat of the eponymous Kaua Municipality in the

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in southeastern Mexico. It is located roughly southwest of the city of

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Toponymy

The name (Kaua) is a word from the

Yucatec Maya language Yucatec Maya (; referred to by its speakers simply as Maya or as , is one of the 32 Mayan languages of the Mayan language family. Yucatec Maya is spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula and northern Belize. There is also a significant diasporic commu ...

meaning the place that is bitter.

References

{{reflist Populated places in Yucatán Municipality seats in Yucatán