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cennecehuilli.

Headword: 
cennecehuilli.
Principal English Translation: 

one league (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
cenneceuilli
Alonso de Molina: 

cenneceuilli. vna legua.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 17r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

literally, "a rest" (un descanso), a post, a stopping place; relating to an itinerary or a circuit that a soldier or a merchant might make; some sources also say five leagues is the length of the journey
Víctor M. Castillo F., "Unidades nahuas de medida," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 195–223, see pp. 221–222.

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