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coatlichan.

Headword: 
coatlichan.
Principal English Translation: 

place name Coatlichan (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cōātlīchān
IPAspelling: 
koːɑːtɬiːtʃɑːn
Frances Karttunen: 

CŌĀTLĪCHĀN place name Coatlichan / casa de la culebra (C), pueblo del estado de Acolhuacan (S) [(1)Cf.56v]. The literal sense of this is 'serpent’s home'. See CŌĀ-TL, CHĀN-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 36.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.