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Panitzin.

Headword: 
Panitzin.
Principal English Translation: 

a person's name; a Mexico City ruler

Attestations from sources in English: 

Don Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin (or Panitzin) is said to have been a governor of Mexico City, ca. 1536–1565. He appears on the Codex Reese (ca. 1565) that is held in the Beinecke Library at Yale University.
See the library's webpage about the codex. https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3600017?image_id=1114791

themes: 
Politics, Power, Governance