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Xochiteca.

Headword: 
Xochiteca.
Principal English Translation: 

a citizen of Xochitlan; or, one of four women who were sacrificed (burned?) to honor mountain deities; or, a victim of the festival of the 13th month (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
Xochitecatl
Attestations from sources in English: 

One of four women who were immolated in honor of the divine forces of the mountains (seen in Book II of the Florentine Codex); or, an inhabitant of Xochitlan; or, a name given to a victim during the festival of the 13th month.
Wimmer 2004, quoted in the Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/xochitecatl/76670

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