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aztaquemitl.

Snowy Egret feathered bib or ritual garment

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Aztateca.

a kingdom of Tula (Tollan) that pertained to the Toltecs (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Literaturas de Anahuac y del Incario / Literatures of Anahuac and the Inca, ed. Miguel León-Portilla (Mexico City: Siglo Veintiuno Editories, 2006), 192.

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aztatepito.

Orthographic Variants: 
aztatepiton

a small heron (see Molina)

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aztatl.

Snowy Egret, a bird (see Hunn, attestations); also, a term for a heron-feather headdress (see Molina and attestations)

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aztatzontli.

a type of plumage found on garments (see Alvarado Tezozomoc); also a person's name (attested male)

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aztauhyatl.

wormwood or absinthe (plants) (see Molina)

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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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azucar.

sugar (attestations to come)

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azúcar.

sugar

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azul.

Orthographic Variants: 
açul, açol, asul

blue (see attestations)

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azulejo.

glazed tile

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āzultic.

the color blue.
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