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Az·tec       (āz'těk')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A member of a people of central Mexico whose civilization was at its height at the time of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century.
  2. The Nahuatl language of the Aztecs.

adj.   also Az·tec·an (-těk'ən)
Of or relating to the Aztecs or their language, culture, or empire.


[Spanish Azteca, from Nahuatl Aztecatl, one who comes from the place of the cranes : áztatl, crane + -técatl, suff.]

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Aztecs

A Native American people who ruled Mexico and neighboring areas before the Spaniards conquered the region in the sixteenth century. Starting in the twelfth century, they built up an advanced civilization and empire. (See Hernando Cortés and Montezuma.)


The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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