tonalpohualli
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]tonalpohualli (plural tonalpohuallis)
- A Mexica version of the 260-day calendar in use in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tonalli (“day”) + pohualli (“count”), literally (“count of the days”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tōnalpōhualli
- A sacred calendrical period used by the Aztecs. It was composed of 20 trecenas adding up to 260 days.
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[edit]See also
[edit]- tonalpohualli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia