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Letter A: Displaying 2501 - 2512 of 2512

aztaxelli.

Orthographic Variants:

axtaxelli, axtaxexelli

double heron feather headdress
Justyna Olko, Turquoise Diadems and Staffs of Office: Elite Costume and Insignia of Power in Aztec and Early Colonial Mexico (Warsaw: Polish Society for Latin American Studies and Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition, University of Warsaw, 2005), 139.

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aztaxilotl.

Orthographic Variants:

aztaxilutl

a special red and white headdress with quetzal feathers reserved for the tlahtoani (see attestatons)

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aztayoa.

for some place to swell up; or, a tree with herons (see Molina)

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Azteca.

Orthographic Variants:

Azteca

the people from Aztlan; singular = Aztecatl (see attestations)

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aztlacapalli.

ɑstɬɑkɑpɑlli

a bird's wing (see Molina)

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aztlacapaltontli.

a small wing of a bird (see Molina)

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Aztlan.

a place name; an island and legendary point of origin of the peoples who migrated and eventually settled Mexico City; home of the Azteca (people from Aztlan)

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