Tenochtitlan

See also: Tenochtitlán

English

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Tenochtitlan

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tenochtitlán, from Classical Nahuatl Tenochtitlan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /təˈnɔt͡ʃtɪtˌlæn/, /təˈnɔt͡ʃtɪtˌlɑn/

Proper noun

Tenochtitlan

The former capital of the Aztec Empire; modern Mexico City.
Synonym: Mexico-Tenochtitlan

Translations

capital of the Aztec empire

Chinese:
Mandarin: 特諾奇提特蘭 / 特诺奇提特兰 (tènuòqítítèlán)
Faroese: Meksiko-Tenochtitlán
Japanese: テノチティトラン (tenochititoran)
Korean: 테노치티틀란 (tenochititeullan)
Marathi: तेनोचतितलान (tenoctitlān)
Nahuatl: Tenōchtitlan
Polish: Tenochtitlan m
Portuguese: Tenochtitlán f, Tenochtitlan f
Russian: Теночтитлан (Tenočtitlan)
Spanish: Tenochtitlán (es)

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

The ligatured locative suffix -titlan (“below, beneath, at the base of”) is preceded by the element *Tenoch-, which is of disputed etymology. The name Tenochtitlan is represented in the Aztec writing system in the form of the glyph shown here, which perhaps suggests Andrews' etymology (see below), unless one or both of the syllables te and noch are here used only phonetically in the glyph, with little indication of the actual meaning (vowel length seldom if ever had any indication in hieroglyphic writing). In addition, while the short vowel in te- is undisputed, the vowel length of -noch-/-nōch- is disputed, as noted by Karttunen.

Andrews (2003) gives tetl (“rock”) +‎ nōchtli (“prickly-pear fruit”) +‎ -ti- +‎ -tlan (“near”), literally “At the Place Near Rock-cactus-Fruit”.^[1]
Lockhart (2001) says "the meaning and nature of tenoch- is not entirely clear despite general consensus that it refers to a type of cactus."^[2]
Karttunen (1983) says "NŌCH-TLI 'fruit of the prickly pear cactus' is often cited as a constituent of this name, but it contrasts in vowel length."^[3]

Pronunciation

Andrews (2003) writes Tenōchtitlan;^[1] Karttunen (1983) and Lockhart (2001) write Tenochtitlan.^[3]^[2]

(Tenōchtitlan) IPA^(key): [te.noːt͡ʃ.ˈtí.t͡ɬan]
(Tenochtitlan) IPA^(key): [te.not͡ʃ.ˈtí.t͡ɬan]

Proper noun

Tenochtitlan

Tenochtitlan (the former capital of the Aztec Empire; modern Mexico City)
Synonym: Mēxihco

Descendants

→ Spanish: Tenochtitlán, Tenochtitlan
- → English: Tenochtitlan
- → Portuguese: Tenochtitlán

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Andrews, J. Richard (2003), Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 502
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Lockhart, James (2001), Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 233
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 225.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Tenochtitlan f

alternative spelling of Tenochtitlán

Spanish

Proper noun

Tenochtitlan m

alternative form of Tenochtitlán

[Andrews-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Andrews, J. Richard (2003), Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 502

[Lockhart-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Lockhart, James (2001), Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 233

[Karttunen-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 225.

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