the territory or dominion of the community, pueblo, altepetl (see Molina); literally, what is adjoining the town
Orthographic Variants:
altepenauac
IPAspelling:
ɑːltepeːnɑːwɑk
Alonso de Molina:
altepenauac. comarca de pueblo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.