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Nahuatl
[ nah-waht-l ]
/ Ë?nÉ‘ wÉ‘t l /
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noun, plural Na·hua·tls, (especially collectively) Na·hua·tl.
a member of any of various peoples of ancient origin ranging from southeastern Mexico to parts of Central America and including the Aztecs.
a Uto-Aztecan language spoken by over half a million people mostly in central Mexico.Compare Aztec (def. 2).
adjective
of or relating to the Nahuatl language or peoples.
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Origin of Nahuatl
1815–25; <Spanish náhuatl<Nahuatl nÄ?huatl something that makes an agreeable sound, a second-language speaker of one's own language
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Nahuatl
/ (Ë?nÉ‘Ë?wÉ‘Ë?tÉ™l, nÉ‘Ë?Ë?wÉ‘Ë?tÉ™l) /
noun
plural -tl or -tls a member of one of a group of Central American and Mexican Indian peoples including the Aztecs
the language of these peoples, belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family
Former name: Nahuatlan
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