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Totonaca.

Headword: 
Totonaca.
Principal English Translation: 

an ethnic group occupying parts of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo; singular: Totonacatl
Benjamin Johnson, Pueblos within Pueblos (2018 73).

Orthographic Variants: 
Totonaque
Attestations from sources in English: 

In the Florentine Codex, the Nahuatl text refers to this ethnic group as the Totonaque.
Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 10: The People", fol. 133r., Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/10/folio/133r/images/0 Accessed 2 October 2025.

themes: 
Race, Ethnicity, Identity
See also: 
Totonaque.