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Cuata.

Headword: 
Cuata.
Principal English Translation: 

a personal name, attested as male and having been from Tenochtitlan but mentioned in land litigation in Santiago Tlatelolco in the 16th c.; also, cuata and cuacuatas are terms that were used in some sources to refer to the Matlatzinca or Toloque ethnic groups of the Toluca Valley For the latter, see Jaime Echeverría García, M.A. Thesis in Anthropology, (UNAM 2009).