Aztec

English

Etymology

From Spanish azteca, from Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl (“inhabitant of Aztlan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæztɛk/

Noun

Aztec (plural Aztecs or Aztec)

1. A Mexica.
   • 1994, Diego Durán, Doris Heyden (translator), The History of the Indies of New Spain:

     The lords of Tlatelolco were greatly angered over this and said, one to another, "These Aztecs believe that we are of an alien lineage. Do they not know that we are Aztecs like them[?]

     (= los señores de Tlatelulco, recibieron mucho enojo y pesadumbre, y dixeron entre sí mesmos: estos mexicanos imaginan que nosotros somos de diferente generacion quellos; no saben que somo mexicanos) [1867 edition]

2. A Nahua.
   • 1989, Elizabeth Hill Boone, Incarnations of the Aztec Supernatural: The Image of Huitzilopochtli in Mexico and Europe:

     Although united culturally, the Aztecs thought of themselves in terms of their particular tribal affiliations: as Mexica, Tetzcoca, Culhua, Tepaneca, etc.

Synonyms

• (Mexica): Mexica, Mexican (obsolete)
• (Nahua): Nahua

Translations

a Mexica

• Catalan: asteca m
• Danish: azteker c
• Finnish: atsteekki (fi)
• French: Aztèque (fr) m
• Galician: azteca m or f
• Macedonian: А́цтек m (Áctek)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: azteker m

  Nynorsk: aztekar m

• Russian: ацте́к (ru) m (actɛ́k)
• Serbo-Croatian: Àztēk (sh) m
• Swedish: aztek (sv) c

a Nahua

• Catalan: asteca m
• Czech: Azték m
• Finnish: nahua
• Galician: azteca m or f
• Macedonian: А́цтек m (Áctek)
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• Russian: ацте́к (ru) m (actɛ́k)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ацтек m

  Roman: Actek m, Àztēk m

Proper noun

Aztec

1. The Nahuatl language.
2. A city, the county seat of San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.

Synonyms

• Nahuatl, Mexican (obsolete)

Translations

the Nahuatl language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 納瓦特爾語／纳瓦特尔语 (zh) (Nàwǎtè'ěryǔ), 纳瓦特尔语 (zh) (Nàwǎtè'ěryǔ)

• Finnish: nahuatl (fi), atsteekkien kieli
• Galician: náhuatl (gl) m
• Irish: Nachuáitlis f, Astaicis f
• Macedonian: а́цтечки m (áctečki)
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• Russian: ацте́кский (ru) m (actɛ́kskij) (язы́к)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ацтечки m

  Roman: actečki m, nahuatl (sh) m

• Swahili: Kiazteki

Adjective

Aztec (comparative more Aztec, superlative most Aztec)

1. Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
2. Of or pertaining to the Nahuas.
3. Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.

Synonyms

• Aztecan
• (Mexica): Mexica; Mexican (obsolete)
• (Nahua): Nahua, Nahuatl
• (Nahuatl): Nahuatl; Mexican (obsolete)

Translations

of or pertaining to the Mexica people

• Finnish: atsteekki-, atsteekkien (genitive plural of the noun)
• French: aztèque (fr)
• Macedonian: а́цтечки (áctečki)
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• Russian: ацте́кский (ru) (actɛ́kskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: àztečkī (sh)

of or pertaining to the Nahuas

• Finnish: nahua-, nahuoiden (genitive plural of the noun)
• Macedonian: а́цтечки (áctečki)
• Portuguese: asteca (pt)
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• Russian: ацте́кский (ru) (actɛ́kskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: àztečkī (sh)

of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language

• Finnish: nahuatlinkielinen, nahuatlin (genitive of the noun)
• Macedonian: а́цтечки (áctečki)
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• Russian: ацте́кский (ru) (actékskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: àztečkī (sh)

Derived terms

• Aztecan
• Aztec Empire
• Aztec Triple Alliance
• Aztequism