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(a loanword from Spanish)
a place name, possibly incorporating a Nahuatlization of the loan from Spanish, peras (pears), meaning place next to the pears; similar to Paxiotitlan, a place next to the [church of the?] Passion of Christ; both are found in the area of San Pedro Calinaya and San Pablo Tepemaxalco
nicnotlaltenamiquilia y nohueshuatzin pelaxtitlan in canpa totlaltenamiqui mochiuhtica quaxochtli senuelas. “I share a border with my sister-in-law in Pelaxtitlan; where we share the border, boundary markers are set” (Olko, Sullivan, Szemiński eds. 2018: 184), time range: 1663.
Axca inpa xihuitl 1652 año intechcopa totequimil Topelaxtitla = we tilled the soil of our tribute field at topelaxtitlan (Tepemaxalco, Toluca Valley, 1652)