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(a loanword from Spanish)
a Spanish surname; introduced by earlier invaders, such as Pedro de Alvarado Contreras and Jorge de Alvarado y Contreras; also a name taken by figures in the indigenous elite, e.g. don Jorge Alvarado of Tetzcoco (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
Auh in cohuanacotzin nimā ya yn mexica omenti ytiachcahuā. omē [itiach]cahua ȳ quinhuicac yehuatl yn don p.º tetlahuehuetzquititzin nonohual[catl] don Ju.º quauhtliztactzin don Jorge aluarado, auh in ye onpa cate mexico yn nahuixtin nima ye yc mononotza yn yaotlatolli. = And Coanacochtzin then went to Mexico [with] two of his elder brothers. His two elder brothers, whom he took with him, were don Pedro Tetlahuehuetzquititzin Nonohualcatl, don Juan Quauhtliztactzin, and don Jorge Alvarado. And when they were there in Mexico the four thereupon agreed on a call to arms. (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)