Aztecan
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Az·tec
(ăz′tĕk′)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 (-tĕk′ən)
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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Noun | 1. | Aztecan - the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language - a family of American Indian languages |
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