a place name; an island and legendary point of origin of the peoples who migrated and eventually settled Mexico City; home of the Azteca (people from Aztlan)
inchan yn ompa huehue mexico aztlan quinehuayan chicomoztoc yn axcan quitocayotia yancuic mexico. = their home there in Old Mexico Aztlan Quinehuayan Chicomoztoc, which today they call New Mexico. (1608, Central Mexico)
y pan ýhueytallí Aztlan. ololhuitoya Yn Mexíca, tlaxcaltecá. otomime totonactín. auh onpa o mo xexelotiaque = In the great land of Aztlan that the Mexica, the Tlaxcalteca, the Otomi, and the Totonaca used to live together. And there they went their own ways.
mopohuaya Ontzontlí, cax-tolli yhuá nahuípoallí; y huá matlactli on nahuy, xihuitl, ynon pa ohual quizque Ypá- yntlallí motocayotia Aztlan = Eleven hundred and ninety- four years had been counted when they left the land called Aztlan.
cayehuantin Ynohualquízque Aztlan, Yncanpa ohuala que Ynachtopa tolteca, nicá otlalpixque Mixicatlalpan = It is indeed they who came out of the place Aztlan. The first who came from there were the Toltecs, who ruled here in the land of Mexico.
niman ye contlahtocatlallia yn huehue huitzillihuitl ynin huell achto yntlahtocauh mochiuh yn mexica ynic ompa huallaque aztlan = then decided to install Huehue Huitzilihuitl as ruler. He became the very first ruler of the Mexica as they came from Aztlan.
yn axcan yn aço ye ompa. yn huel ytlan ynahuac yn cenca huey atentli. huey atoyatentli. yn quitocayotia. yn axcā in yehuantin españoles. yancuic Mexico. aztlan chicomoztoc = Now Aztlan Chicomoztoc is perhaps right by or near the very great shore, the great riverbank that the Spaniards now call or near the very great shore, the great riverbank that the Spaniards now call New Mexico. (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
yn huehuetque in mitohua motenehua Teochichimeca aztlantlaca mexitin chicomoztoca = the ancient ones, those called and named Teochichimeca, people of Aztlan, Mexitin, Chicomoztoca (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
auh ca hueyatl yn quiyahualotoc huey altepetl aztlan = and it was a large body of water that lay surrounding the settlement of Aztlan
in azo ye ompa in huel itlan inahuac in cenca hueyatentli, huey atoyatentli in quitocayotia in axcan inyehuantin Españoles in yancuic Mexico, Aztlan Chicomoztoc = tal vez muy próximo de las extensas costas, las extensas riberas, donde ahora llaman los "españoles" Nuevo México, Aztlan Chicomoztoc [quizá esté muy junto, muy cercano de la muy grande margen, la muy grande ribera la que ahora llaman "Nuevo Mexico" ellos, los "españoles", Aztlan Chicomoztoc;] (centro de Mexico, s. XVII)
Nican mitohua motenehua ynquenin oacico, ocallaquico ynhuehuetque inmitohua Motenehua Teochichimeca Aztlan tlacaMexitin Chicomoztoca. = Dícese,nómbrase aquí como llegaron y penetraron los ancianos llamados, nombrados teochichimecas, gentes de Aztlan, mexicanos chicomoztoquenses... [Aquí se dice, se nombra (el) cómo vinieron a llegar, vinieron a entrar los ancianos que se dice, se nombra los "teochichimecas", gente de Aztlan, mexicanos chicomoztoquenses...] (centro de Mexico, s. XVII)