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acualcan.

Headword: 
acualcan.
Principal English Translation: 

an improper place, an indecent or bad place; from a- (not), cualli (good), can (place) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
aqualcan
Alonso de Molina: 

aqualcan. lugar indecente y malo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 7r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.