Mexica
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- proper noun
- /mɛˈʃiːkə/
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mexica
- As a child, I was taught that Mexico City was built atop the remains of the ancient Mexica (Aztec) capital of Tenochtitlán.
- Mexica (Aztec)
Examples
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The Mexica created intricate artwork and architecture which are still admired today.
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One of these groups, which passed into history by the name of Aztec or Mexica, was so impressed by the fallen colossus that they even situated in this city one of their main creation myths and gave the forlorn site the name of Teotihuacan: Place Where Men Become Gods.
Academic text (2005) -
Apparently produced by Mexica scribes
Academic text (1997) -
Mexica.
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"Although I am now destitute, I am of noble birth, a descendant of Mexica kings.
Fiction book (1996) -
In the Nahuatl language of the Mexica, or Aztecs, the name means "the location of the jaw of stone."
Blog text (32) -
Mask of Tezcatlipoca Mexica/Mixtec, 15th-16th century AD
Blog text (3) -
The Mexica (who became the Aztecs) enter the basin of Mexico (the area surrounding present-day Mexico City) as migrants and remain as serfs.
Academic text (1992) -
The city of Tenochtitlán was the capital of the Mexica and a marvel of its time.
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Many traditions and festivals in modern Mexico are derived from the customs of the Mexica.
Synonyms
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A person from the native Nahuatl-speaking people who built an empire in central Mexico before the Spanish arrived
A person from a native group in central Mexico who speaks Nahuatl
A person from central Mexico with Aztec ancestors
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mexica was the name the people of central Mexico used for themselves in the Nahuatl language, written Mexihca, and it gave us the name Mexico. So a Mexica is a member of that people, one of the people who founded and ruled the Aztec Empire.