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classical nahuatl

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Az⋅tec

  [az-tek]
–noun
1. a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521.
2. Also called classical Nahuatl. the variety of Nahuatl that served as the medium of Aztec civilization, aboriginally written in a chiefly pictographic script. Compare Nahuatl (def. 2).
3. the Nahuatl language.
Origin:
1780–90; < Sp azteca < Nahuatl aztēcah, pl. of aztēcatl person from Aztlān, the legendary place of origin of the Aztecs

Related forms:
Az⋅tec⋅an, adjective
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Aztec 
1787, from Sp. Azteca, from Nahuatl astekal, perhaps from aslatn, name of their legendary place of origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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