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Quetzaltepec.

Headword: 
Quetzaltepec.
Principal English Translation: 

a place name (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

quiualhuicac yn itlamacazcauh ytoca Atecatl ye concuiliaya ynic tlamaceuaya yn uetztli yn tlcotl yacuican yeuan acito yn atlauimollco niman acito yn quetzaltepec = [Xelhuan] [t]rajo consigo a su tlamacazqui llamado Atecatl. El le proporcionaba la espina y la vara para hacer penitencia. Ellos primero llegaron a Atlauimolco, luego llegaron a Quetzaltepec. (Quauhtinchan, s. XVI)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 135.