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huexotla.

Headword: 
huexotla.
Principal English Translation: 

a willow grove, and a common place name (see Karttunen); for instance, a well known central Mexican altepetl is now called Huejutla

Orthographic Variants: 
huexōtlah, uexotla, vexutla
IPAspelling: 
weʃoːtɬɑh
Alonso de Molina: 

uexotla. sauzeda, o arboleda de sauzes.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 157r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

HUEXŌTLAH willow grove (a common place name) / sauceda o arboleda de sauces (M) [(2)Cf.57r]. See HUEXŌ-TL, -TLAH.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 87.

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Names (places)
Plants, Trees, Flora
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