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cihua tlatoani.

Headword: 
cihua tlatoani.
Principal English Translation: 

a noblewoman, a woman of very high stature, such as a queen or a marquise

Orthographic Variants: 
ciua tlahtoani, cihua tlatoani
Alonso de Molina: 

ciua tlatoani. señora principal, assi como reynamarquesa. &c
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 22v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Politics, Power, Governance
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Women, Men, Gender