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Mendoza Moctezuma.
(a loanword from Spanish)
Headword:
Mendoza Moctezuma.
Principal English Translation:
the surnames of a cacique family that was active in the distribution (and probably the production) of títulos of the type called Techialoyan, along with false genealogies and coats of arms; the name Austria was also typically a part of the string of last names used by this family
Attestations from sources in English:
For more information on this family, see the book by Maria Castañeda de la Paz, Verdades y mentiras en torno a don Diego de Mendoza Austria Moctezuma (México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2017).
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
ytachcocoltzin ton Tieco te Mentoça Montecçoçoma ynic omotlalmacehuylico nis omotlacaxinachotzino = nuestro bisabuelo don Diego de Mendoza Moctezuma por haber conquistado, y allí fue la fundación de el pueblo (Zempoala, "1610", but probably Techialoyan -related)