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altepenahuac.

Headword: 
altepenahuac.
Principal English Translation: 

the territory or dominion of the community, pueblo, altepetl (see Molina); literally, what is adjoining the town

Orthographic Variants: 
altepenauac
IPAspelling: 
ɑːltepeːnɑːwɑk
Alonso de Molina: 

altepenauac. comarca de pueblo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Land Tenure
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods