altepenanyotl
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From āltepētl (“altepetl, city-state”) + nānyōtl (“womb”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
āltepēnānyōtl (inanimate)
- A metropolis, a region or state's largest or capital city.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 166r:
- [M]atriz de las cibdades. alatepenanyotl.
- The womb among the cities. alatepenanyotl.
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa