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cecencalpoltin.

Headword: 
cecencalpoltin.
Principal English Translation: 

to each cuadrilla or to each barrio (small settlement, neighborhood; see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
cecencalpultin
Alonso de Molina: 

cecencalpultin. acada quadrilla, o barrio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 15r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Calpolli or calpulli is at the root.

themes: 
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods