On the Cactus of the Stone (see Karttunen, "en el tunal de la piedra"); or, Born from the Stone (see Karttunen); the name of the altepetl at the center of the so-called Aztec empire, remaining as an indigenous entity within Mexico City in the time of the Spaniards
ynic tiquimittazque yn ixquich yn techyahuallotoc yxquich tiquinpehuazque tiquimaçizque. yc maniz yn taltepeuh mexico. tenochtitlan. quauhtli ypipitzcayan ynetomayan. quauhtli ytlaquayan. yhuan michin ypatlanian. yhuan cohuatl yçomocayan = Thus shall we find all who lie surrounding us, all whom we shall conquer, whom we shall capture. Thus will our altepetl of Mexico Tenochtitlan be, the place where the eagle screeches and stretches itself; where the eagle eats and the fish fly and the serpent hisses.... (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
mexico tenochtitlan yn iuh mochintin ipan in altepehuaque quellehuia = in Mexico Tenochtitlan, as all the citizens there desire (central Mexico, 1608)