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ahuiani calli.

Headword: 
ahuiani calli.
Principal English Translation: 

bordello, brothel, house of prostitution (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
auiani calli
Alonso de Molina: 

auiani calli. burdel, o puteria.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 9v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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Architecture, Construction, Buildings
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