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Definition of Aztec
1. Noun. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
Definition of Aztec
1. a. Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519.
Definition of Aztec
1. Noun. A Mexica. ¹
2. Noun. A Nahua. ¹
3. Noun. The Nahuatl language. ¹
4. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Mexica people. ¹
5. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Nahuas. ¹
6. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aztec
Literary usage of Aztec
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ... The Native Races: Of the Pacific States by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"Within the limits of the ancient Mexican empire many other languages besides the
Aztec were spoken; as, for instance, the Otomi, Huastec, Totonac, ..."
2. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"He then spread about a report that the mother of God had made a miraculous
appearance in the likeness of an Aztec virgin. In a short time there was a great ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"Aztec, as the descendants of an American flora whose traces are lost in far-off
geologic ages, even as the forefathers of the Aztec are shrouded in the mist ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"Reflecting on the sad events which quickly followed the meeting here of Cortez
and the Aztec king, we climbed a stairway to the second story of the building ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The celebrated Aztec, whose tribes occupied the valley of Mexico and its immediate
environs, had a definite tradition of northern origin, and linguistic ..."
6. The Physical Characters of the Indians of Southern Mexico by Frederick Starr (1902)
"There should then be little difference between our Tlaxcalan and Aztec series;
real differences would point to a true Aztec type, lying on the other side of ..."
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