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Cecetzin.

Headword: 
Cecetzin.
Principal English Translation: 

a person's name; the name of a ruler of Mexico City

Attestations from sources in English: 

Don Cristóbal de Cecepatic (or Cecetzin) is said to have been a governor of Mexico City, ca. 1536–1565. He appears on the Codex Reese (ca. 1565) that is held in the Beinecke Library at Yale University.
See the library's webpage about the codex. https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3600017?image_id=1114791