"mictlan" meaning in All languages combined

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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, Milpa Alta Central Nahuatl, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header, Classical Nahuatl links with manual fragments, Classical Nahuatl links with redundant alt parameters, Classical Nahuatl locatives, Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -tlan, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header: 57 37 6 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl links with manual fragments: 56 38 6 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl links with redundant alt parameters: 56 38 5 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl locatives: 57 39 4 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -tlan: 55 40 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 88 7 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 6 4

Noun [Classical Nahuatl]

IPA: [ˈmik.t͡ɬaːn] Forms: mictlān [canonical]
Etymology: From miqui (“to die”) + -tlān (“place”). The term was equated with the Christian conception of hell following the Spanish conquest. Etymology templates: {{suffix|nci|miqui|-tlān#Etymology 2|alt2=-tlān|t1=to die|t2=place}} miqui (“to die”) + -tlān (“place”) 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
  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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