a personal name; the name of a ruler of Tetzcoco in the colonial period (see the Florentine Codex); his full name seems to have been don Pedro de Alvarado Coanacochtzin
Cuix amo ypinauhyo yn altepetl. in tlaxcalla ye yauh ca cohuanacochtzin ȳ no yuh mochiuh yn ixpāpa Ehuac altepetl. = It is not to the shame of the altepetl that Coanacochtzin is now gone to Tlaxcala, that it also happened that he fled from the altepetl? (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
auh in cohuanacotzin yn oquicac yn ye huitz capitan niman ye quicētlalia yn tetzcuca ȳ yaoyotica. quinnamiquizq̄ ayac quināquili ça ce tlacatl ȳ quināquili ytoca tecēmanatl. yhuā ce telpochtlato auh ynin ypampa in quinanq'li yc quimicti yn ixtlilxochitzin. = And when Coanacochtzin heard that the Captain was now coming, he at once called together the Texcoca to meet him in battle. [But] no one aided- only a lord named Tecenmanatl answered along with an instructor of youths. And because [Tecenmanatl] answered [his call to arms], Ixtlilxochitzin killed him. (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
ma yhuian quihualmonamiquilizque. tlaqualtzintli. totoltzin. tototetl. tlaoltzintli. zacatzintli. atzintli. = Let [the Spaniards] peacefully receive food: turkey hens, eggs, shelled corn, grass, water. (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
Auh injc chicome tlatoanj muchiuh tetzcuco, iehoatl in Coanacochtzin in tlatocat macujlxiujtl. = And the seventh who became ruler of Texcoco was Coanacochtzin, who ruled five years. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
COANACOCHTLI ixiuhtzon itlatlapaltilma itepotzoicpal = COANACOCHTLI, su diadema de turquesas, su manta listada de colores, su asiento con espaldar (centro de México, s. XVI)
Coanacochtzin (Pedro): "Orejera en forma de culebra." Los dibujos muestran la oreja perforada por este aderezo