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tonatiuh icalaquianyotl.

Headword: 
tonatiuh icalaquianyotl.
Principal English Translation: 

something western or from the west (see Molina); literally, the sun's setting place

Orthographic Variants: 
tonatiuh ycalaquianyotl
Alonso de Molina: 

tonatiuh ycalaquianyotl. cosa occidental o del 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