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Acolman.

Headword: 
Acolman.
Principal English Translation: 

a placename (see Karttunen); once an important Nahua altepetl with 35 towns joining it in paying tributes (Codex Mendoza), today Acolman de Nezahualcoyotl is a city in the northern part of the State of Mexico, just north of Mexico City; Acolman was known for its dog market; it was the site of an Augustinian monastery in the Spanish colonial period, which still has remarkable murals (1560s–1580s) and an atrial cross

Orthographic Variants: 
Aculma
IPAspelling: 
ɑːkoːlmɑːn
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀCŌLMĀN place name Acolman [(1)Cf.56v].
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 3.

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Names (places)
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods