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Noun [Central Nahuatl]

Head templates: {{head|nhn|noun}} mictlan
  1. The underworld of Aztec mythology. Categories (topical): Mythology
    Sense id: en-mictlan-nhn-noun-~z~-FW9D Categories (other): Central Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header, Central Nahuatl entries with language name categories using raw markup, Milpa Alta Central Nahuatl, Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header, Classical Nahuatl locatives, Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -tlan Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header: 55 42 3 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl locatives: 52 46 2 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -tlan: 52 45 2

Noun [Classical Nahuatl]

IPA: [ˈmik.t͡ɬaːn] Forms: mictlān [canonical]
Etymology: From miqui (“to die”) + -tlān (locative suffix indicating a place "around" or "below"). The term was equated with the Christian conception of hell following the Spanish conquest. Etymology templates: {{suffix|nci|miqui|tlān|pos2=locative suffix indicating a place "around" or "below"|t1=to die}} miqui (“to die”) + -tlān (locative suffix indicating a place "around" or "below") Head templates: {{head|nci|nouns|locative||||||cat2=locatives|f1accel-form=p|f2accel-form=p|head=mictlān}} mictlān (locative), {{nci-noun|loc|mictlān}} mictlān (locative)
  1. The underworld of Aztec mythology. Tags: locative
    Sense id: en-mictlan-nci-noun-~z~-FW9D Categories (other): Classical Nahuatl locatives, Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -tlan Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl locatives: 52 46 2 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -tlan: 52 45 2
  2. (by extension) underworld (part of society engaged in crime or vice) Tags: broadly, locative
    Sense id: en-mictlan-nci-noun-X5LqSVbL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mictlāmpa, mictlāncāyōtl, Mictlāntēuctli, mictlāntli Related terms: miquiztli

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