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Azcapotzalco
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English
Alternative forms
en Atzcapotzalco
en Azcapuzalco obsolete
Etymology
Borrowed from en es Azcapotzalco, from en nci Āzcapōtzalco, from nci āzcapōtzalli anthill -co locative suffix 1.
Proper noun
en historical A Tepanec polity in the Valley of Mexico.
en Manuel Aguilar-Moreno Handbook to Life in the Aztec World Facts On File 2006 0-8160-5673-0 66 Around 1371, Tenochtitlan became a subordinate to the expanding Tepanec city-state of Azcapotzalco, the first society to rise to empire status since the fall of Tula 300 years before.
One of the es demarcaciones territoriales (designated es delegaciones until 2016) of Mexico City.
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
nci āzcapōtzalli anthill -co locative suffix
Proper noun
nci proper noun
Azcapotzalco.
nci Horacio Carochi Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los aduerbios della Mexico Iuan Ruyz 1645 120v–121r çan yenōyuhqui ic ōquintlàpalòquè in Tlaxcaltēcatlàtòquè, in quēnin ōquitlàpalòquè in Atzcapotzalco Tlàtoāni, ſaludaron à los Principales de Tlaxcala, de la meſma manera, que al Señor de Azcapuzalco. es
Spanish
Alternative forms
es Atzapotzalco Ascaposalco Azcapuzalco
Etymology
es nci Āzcapōtzalco, from nci āzcapōtzalli anthill -co locative suffix 1.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Azcapotzalco