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Techolala.

Headword: 
Techolala.
Principal English Translation: 

a personal name, a ruler of Tetzcoco who was in power for seventy years, according to the Florentine Codex (Book 8, Folio 7r). In that source, his name is followed by the ethnic designation "Chichimeca."

Orthographic Variants: 
Techolalatzin
Attestations from sources in English: 

David Bowles says this is a strange name for a Nahua, and he does not try to define it.
See: "Kings and Queens of Texcoco," https://davidbowles.medium.com/kings-and-queens-of-texcoco-64019ed1c72e.

A Wikipedia article about Techotlalatzin reproduces an image of him from the Codex Xolotl. It also provides some details of his biography.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techotlalatzin