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Chalchihuatl.
Headword:
Chalchihuatl.
Principal English Translation:
the name given a fountain or well in the center of Tlaxcala; has at its root green stone and references the water
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
huel tehuanti ticpehualtique huel ytlacatia ynic meya yehuatl yn hualcalaqui tiaquizco pila yuh ticaxitico nican ytlan castillo yehuatl motenehua Chalchihuatl = Precisamente nosotros empezamos: desde su nacimiento, donde brota el agua, la que entra a la pila del mercado, así la hicimos llegar aquí al pie del castillo, la llamada Chalchihuatl.(Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)