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tlatenantilli altepetl.

Headword: 
tlatenantilli altepetl.
Principal English Translation: 

a town or city surrounded by a wall (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tlatenantilli altepetl. villa, o ciudad cercada de muro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 135r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods