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Letter C/CH: Displaying 2241 - 2260 of 5796

chicōmexōchitl.

the name for corn, an ear of corn or the paper cuttings used to make offerings and in many different ceremonies.
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chicomipilli.

Orthographic Variants: 
chicumipilli

140 pieces of cloth, tortillas, pieces of paper, mats, etc. (flat and thin things)

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chicomolotl.

seven ears of maize (see Molina)

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Chicomoztoc.

a place name; a legendary place in the migration from Aztlan; translates as the Place of Seven Caves

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chicompantli.

Orthographic Variants: 
chicumpantli

seven rows of something (see Molina); can refer to agricultural furrows

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chicompohualli.

Orthographic Variants: 
chicumpoalli, chicompoalli

seven times twenty (140)

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chicompohualli.

Orthographic Variants: 
chicome pohualli

7 x 20 = 140

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Chiconahui Itzcuintli.

Orthographic Variants: 
Chiucnahui Itzcuintli

the name of a divine force ("Nine Dog") with a calendrical significance, part of the Xiuhtecuhtli Complex of divine forces, associated with hearth/fire and paternalism
"Table 3. Major Deities of the Late Pre-Hispanic Central Mexican Nahua-Speaking Communities." Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 6: Social Anthropology, ed Manning Nash (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1967).

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chiconahui.

Orthographic Variants: 
chiconaui, chiucnahui, chicunahui, chicunaui, chiuhnatzin

nine (see Molina)

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chiconappa chiconahui.

Orthographic Variants: 
chicunappa chicunaui, chiucnappa chiucnahui, chicunappa chicunahui

nine times nine (see Molina)

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chiconappa ixquich.

Orthographic Variants: 
chiucnappa ixquich, chicunappa ixquich

nine times as much (see Molina)

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chiconappa.

Orthographic Variants: 
chiucnappa; chicuhnauapan, chicunappa

nine times (see Molina)

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chiconauh mictlan.

Orthographic Variants: 
chiucnauh mictlan, chicunauh mictlan

the ninth and deepest level of the underworld (see Molina)

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chiconauh tianquiztli.

Orthographic Variants: 
chicunauh tianquiztli, chiucnauhtianquiztli, chicunauhtianquiztli, chiucnahu tianquiztli

a festival or market that takes place every nine days (see Molina)

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chiconauhapan.

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chiconauhcan.

Orthographic Variants: 
chiucnauhcan, chicunauhcan

in nine parts, or nine rations (see Molina)

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chiconauhipilli.

Orthographic Variants: 
chicunahuipilli, chicunauipilli, chiucnauipilli, chiucnahuipilli, chicunauhhuipilli, chiconauhhuipilli

180 bolts of cloth, tortillas, mats, etc. (thin and flat things)

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Chiconauhnepaniuhcan.

Orthographic Variants: 
Chicunauhnepaniuhcan, chicunauhnepanjuhcan, chiucnauhnepaniuhcan

the place [above] the nine heavens, the nine heavens in tiers, layers

(central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Fr. Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain; Book 6 -- Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy, No. 14, Part 7, eds. and transl. Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble (Santa Fe and Salt Lake City: School of American Research and the University of Utah, 1961), 176.

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chiconauholotl.

nine ears of maize (see Molina)

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chiconauhpantli.

Orthographic Variants: 
chiucnauhpantli, chicunauhpantli

nine rows (see Molina); can refer to agricultural furrows

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