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Patlachiuhcan.

Headword: 
Patlachiuhcan.
Principal English Translation: 

a wide, broad place, such as a plain (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

Patlachiuhca[n] = a place that existed in the Tepetlaoztoc area (in the region of Tetzcoco); it is mentioned in the Codex Vergara on folio 33 recto (SW)
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f73.item.zoom

Patlachiuhcan = where there is a plain ("plaine" in A. Wimmer, 2004, also: citing Sahagún, book 11, 144r: "dans la plaine, sur les plateaux dénudés - en la llanura, en el páramo"
Published in the Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/patlachiuhcan/59543