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Chalmeca.

Headword: 
Chalmeca.
Principal English Translation: 

one of the ethnic groups (calpulli) that migrated from Aztlan

Susan Schroeder, Chimalpahin and The Kingdoms of Chalco (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1991), 144.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Auh yc niman huallehuaque yn Mexicitin chiconcalpoltin y huallehuaque, auh ynic ce calpolli Yopica, ynic ome calpolli Tlalcochcalca, ynic e calpolli Huitznahuaca, ynic nauhcalpolli Cihuatecpaneca, ynic macuilcalpolli Chalmeca, ynic chiuacen calpolli Tlacatecpaneca, ynic chicome calpolli Yzquiteca. = Then the Mexitin of the seven calpulli departed: first calpulli, the Yopica: second calpulli, the Tlacochcalca; third calpulli, the Huitznauhuaca; fourth calpulli, the Cihuatecpaneca; fifth calpulli, the Chalmeca; sixth calpulli, the Tlacatecpaneca; seventh calpulli, the Izquiteca. (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
Susan Schroeder, Chimalpahin and The Kingdoms of Chalco (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1991), 144.