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tonatiuh iaquian.

Headword: 
tonatiuh iaquian.
Principal English Translation: 

the West; literally, the sun's entering place (where the sun goes down) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tonatiuh iaquian
Alonso de Molina: 

tonatiuh iaquian. el poniente.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 149v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Cardinal Directions, Cosmos
Celestial Phenomena