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Aztec

Aztec

1 6.0
A person from the native Nahuatl-speaking people who built an empire in central Mexico before the Spanish arrived
  • noun
  • /ˈæz.tɛk/
translation icon : azteca
  • Within the surrounding lakes, Aztec people built islands called chinampas for growing crops.

If the Inca had to face Aztec, who wins Inca?

Examples

  • Many modern traditions in Mexico can be traced back to the cultural practices of the Aztec people.

  • The interior design was done by Mexican sculptor Francisco Cornejo, whose work specialized in Maya and Aztec themes.

  • Thank you for watching the first video on the Aztec Empire.

  • This is an Aztec calendar that came along much later that uses ideas from the Mayan calendar.

  • Isaac Sanchez, for instance, says, can you ask about an average Aztec person's daily life, rituals, relationships, economics?

  • From Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec empire, came words with Chu, chapter and du Y, like chapolin and coyote.

  • The Aztec were known for their impressive architectural achievements and vast empire in central Mexico.

  • The Aztec civilization developed a complex system of agriculture that included the creation of floating gardens.

Synonyms

Mexica
vsAztec
2 9.9

A person from the native people who founded and ruled the Aztec Empire in central Mexico

refers to any member of that empire before the conquest
Nahua
vsAztec
9.8

A person from a native group in central Mexico who speaks Nahuatl

refers specifically to those who built the pre-conquest empire
Nahuatl
vsAztec
9.9

A person from central Mexico with Aztec ancestors

refers specifically to members who established the historical empire before conquest

Compounds

Aztec lily
  • US
9.7

A Mexican bulb plant grown for a large bright red single flower

Aztec marigold
  • US
6.9

A bushy annual plant with large yellow or orange flowers used in gardens

Surface Forms

Aztec singular
Aztecs plural

Etymology

Aztec comes from the Spanish Azteca and the Nahuatl word Aztecah, which meant 'from Aztlan', a legendary homeland often called the 'place of the herons'. So Aztec names the people who came from that origin and their culture in central Mexico.