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cuauhtlalli.

Headword: 
cuauhtlalli.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of land, possibly deriving from quahuitl, “tree(s),” meaning wooded land or woods, or alternatively, deriving from quauhtli, “eagle,” a type of conquered land
S. L. Cline, Colonial Culhuacan, 1580-1600: A Social History of an Aztec Town (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1986), 236.

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtlalli
themes: 
Land Tenure
Landscape Features