Anahuac

See also: Anáhuac

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Anáhuac, in turn derived from Classical Nahuatl ānāhuac (“land by the waters”), made of atl (“water”) + nahuac (“close to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈænəwæk/

Proper noun

Anahuac

1. A city, the county seat of Chambers County, Texas, United States.
2. (historical) The Valley of Mexico in the Aztec era.
   • 1889, William T. Hornaday, The Extermination of the American Bison‎^[1]:

     In the year 1521, when Cortez reached Anahuac, the American bison was seen for the first time by civilized Europeans, if we may be permitted to thus characterize the horde of blood thirsty plunder seekers who fought their way to the Aztec capital.