Caxtillan

See also: caxtillan

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Amecameca and Cholula): Castillan
• (Tlaxcala): Kastilan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaʃˈtiː.lːaːn]

Proper noun

Caxtillan

1. Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• castillan, castillã, caxtillan, Castillan, Castillã (obsolete)

Etymology

From Spanish Castilla (“Castile”), reinterpreted as containing the locative suffix -tlān (“place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaʃˈtiː.lːaːn]

Proper noun

Caxtīllān (locative)

1. Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)

Derived terms

• caxtiltecatl
• Caxtīllan cactli
• Caxtīllan camohtli
• Caxtīllan epazōtl
• Caxtīllan etl
• Caxtīllan āmatl
• Caxtīllān acocohtli
• Caxtīllān ayecohtli
• Caxtīllān canauhtli (attested as castillan canauhtli)
• Caxtīllān centli
• Caxtīllān chiyancaca
• Caxtīllān chīlli
• Caxtīllān cihuātlatquitl
• Caxtīllān copalli
• Caxtīllān huehxōlōtl
• Caxtīllān michhuātzaltepitōn
• Caxtīllān nacatlaōyoh tlaxcalli
• Caxtīllān ocōxōchitl
• Caxtīllān omixōchitl
• Caxtīllān pitzāhuac etl
• Caxtīllān quetzaltōtōtl
• Caxtīllān tehuilōcaxitl
• Caxtīllān tetzilacatl
• Caxtīllān texocooctli
• Caxtīllān tlahtōlli
• Caxtīllān tlaxcalli
• Caxtīllān tlaxcalzonectli
• Caxtīllān tlaōlli
• Caxtīllān tzaucxōchitl
• Caxtīllān tōnalxihuitl
• Caxtīllān tōtolin
• Caxtīllān xīlōtzontli
• Caxtīllān xōchitl
• Caxtīllān xōnacatl
• Caxtīllān yāōācalli
• Caxtīllān ācalli

Descendants

• → Kaqchikel: kaxlan

References

• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 213.