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Caltzontzin.
Headword:
Caltzontzin.
Principal English Translation:
the title of a P'urhépecha ruler (who could be an emperor) in Michoacán, Caltzontzin may be a Nahualization of a term in P'urhépecha, or else Cazonci is a corruption of Caltzontzin
Orthographic Variants:
cazonci
Attestations from sources in English:
If this is a Nahuatl term, the -tzon- part refers to hair (tzontli) judging from a hieroglyph of the name, which includes as a shorn lock of hair in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco, f. 675 recto. (SW)
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