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Letter N: Displaying 1 - 20 of 28

naranja cuahuitl.

Orthographic Variants: 
naranja quauitl

an orange tree
(partly a loanword from Spanish, naranja, orange; see Molina)

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naranja xocotl.

an orange
(partially a loanword from Spanish)

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naranjo icueponca.

Orthographic Variants: 
naranjo ycueponca

orange blossom (see Molina); partially a loanword from Spanish, naranjo, orange tree

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nativitas.

nativity
(a loanword from Spanish)

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natural.

a person native to a certain place, an indigenous person (noun); indigenous (adjective)
(a loanword from Spanish)

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navío.

Orthographic Variants: 
nabio

ship
(a loanword from Spanish)

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nazareno ipilhuan.

Orthographic Variants: 
nazarreno ypilhuan, nazareno ypilhuan

the Sons of Jesus of Nazareth, the name of a confraternity (cofradía) (a loanword from Spanish)

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Nazareno.

Orthographic Variants: 
Nasarenutzin, nazareth

a person from Nazareth, a village or town in Galilee; the New Testament states that Jesus was a Nazarene from Nazareth, although this is a matter of dispute
(a loanword from Spanish)

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necutica tlatzoyonilli nuez.

nutmeg (see Molina) (partly a loanword from Spanish, nuez, nut)

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necutlanelolli membrillo.

quince conserves or the flesh of the fruit (see Molina) (partly a loanword from Spanish, membrillo, quince)

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negro.

black, the color; or, a black person, a person of African heritage
(a loanword from Spanish)

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nexcaperos.

fits me
(employing the Spanish loan verb, caber)

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niño.

child
(a loanword from Spanish)

(early seventeenth century, central New Spain)
Annals of His Time: Don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, James Lockhart, Susan Schroeder, and Doris Namala, eds. and transl. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006), 202–203.

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noble.

noble
(a loanword from Spanish)

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nohuian tepan actimoteca initeyotzin dios.

Orthographic Variants: 
nouian tepan actimoteca initeyotzin dios

to extend and spread to all parts the fame of our lord God (see Molina)
(partly a loanword from Spanish, dios, God)

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Nopalapan.

A small indigenous community in the vicinity of Zempoala (modern state of Mexico).

Detail from the map of Cempoala (Zempoala), Mexico, of Nov. 1, 1580; University of Texas at Austin, Relaciones Geográficas collection; http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/rg/rg_images3.html

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norte.

north, the North
(a loanword from Spanish)

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notificación.

notification
(a loanword from Spanish)

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notificaroa.

to notify
(a modified loanword from Spanish)

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novenario.

the novenary (a loanword from Spanish); nine days of condolences for the deceased; public worship offered for nine days; a Catholic religious tradition (see translations of Zapata y Mendoza)

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