Definition of Montezuma

1. Noun. Evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae.

Group relationships: Genus Montezuma
Generic synonyms: Tree

Definition of Montezuma

1. Proper noun. A Nahuatl (Aztec) given name, and the name of two Aztec emperors. ¹

2. Proper noun. Moctezuma II (1466-1520), the Aztec emperor at the time of the Spanish conquest. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Montezuma

Montenegro test
Monterey
Monterey Bay
Monterey Jack
Monterey cypress
Monterey pine
Monterrey
Montespan
Montesquieu
Montessori
Montessorian
Montessorians
Monteverdi
Montevideo
Montez
Montezuma
Montezuma's revenge
Montezuma II
Montezuma cypress
Montfort
Montgolfier
Montgolfiers
Montgomery
Montgomery's follicles
Montgomery's glands
Montgomery's tubercle
Montgomery's tubercles
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery pie
Montgomeryshire

Literary usage of Montezuma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association, American Ethnological Society (1892)
"THE "montezuma" OP THE PUEBLO INDIANS. ... is responsible for the corruption into montezuma, which has since become popular and most widely known. ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"Slut by montezuma Fertilizer Company against BC Hodges. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error, and plaintiff takes a cross-bill of exceptions, ..."

3. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (1898)
"montezuma also rebuilt ... montezuma I., MOCTEZUMA, ... montezuma became a stanch supporter of his successor ..."

4. History of the Conquest of Mexico: With a Preliminary View of the Ancient by William Hickling Prescott (1874)
"37 It is interesting to know that a descendant of the Aztec emperor, Don Jose Sarmiento Valladares, count of montezuma, ruled as viceroy, from 1697 to 1701, ..."

5. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee (1907)
"Carbajal Espinosa, author of a History of Mexico, says that the Count of montezuma killed himself on account of a love trouble, "although he was at that ..."

6. History of the Conquest of Mexico: With a Preliminary View of the Ancient by William Hickling Prescott (1886)
"[montezuma, on his death-bed, commended, as we have seen in the History, three favorite ... Grant to Dona Isabel montezuma, daughter of the great montezuma, ..."

7. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"It appeared, however, that montezuma did entertain most decided objections to any such surrender of himself. Seizure of But his arguments and entreaties ..."

8. Costa Rica by Bruce Conord (2006)
"The way into montezuma is dramatic. From Cobano, you arrive at the edge of a ... Beyond montezuma the road continues south along the sea past hidden rock ..."

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