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Aztecan

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Az·tec  (ztk)
n.
1. A member of a people of central Mexico whose civilization was at its height at the time of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century.
2. The Nahuatl language of the Aztecs.
adj. also Az·tec·an (-tkn)
Of or relating to the Aztecs or their language, culture, or empire.

[Spanish Azteca, from Nahuatl Aztecatl, one who comes from the place of the cranes : áztatl, crane + -técatl, suff.]
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Noun1.Aztecan - the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec
Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language - a family of American Indian languages

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The spot has been identified as the site where once stood a temple to the Aztecan goddess Tonantzin.
According to Fray Diego Duran writing in 1570, Aztecan high priests would manipulate the image of this popular goddess as a "cunning device" to obtain more sacrificial victims for their war gods.
 
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