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Xiuhnene.

Headword: 
Xiuhnene.
Principal English Translation: 

a woman's name; in the Historia Tolteca Chichimeca, she is mentioned as being a wife (zohuatl), apparently of an Olmec Xicalanca tlahtoani (sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 152.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

…yn tezouauan yzca yn itoca xiuhene Cozcayectli Acaxoch Acapoztec xochitli = He aquí el nombre de las mujeres: Xiuhnene, Cozcayectli, Acaxoch, Acapoztec xochitli. (Quauhtinchan, s. XVI)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 127, 152.

themes: 
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Women, Men, Gender