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icalaquian tonatiuh.

Headword: 
icalaquian tonatiuh.
Principal English Translation: 

the west (see Molina); facing west, the sun's setting place; in this dictionary and in Molina, this term also appears reversed, tonatiuh icalquian

Orthographic Variants: 
ycalaquian tonatiuh
Alonso de Molina: 

icalaquian tonatiuh. el poniente.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 31v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Cardinal Directions, Cosmos
Celestial Phenomena