"Tollan" meaning in Classical Nahuatl

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Proper name

IPA: /toːllaːn/ Forms: Tōllān [canonical]
Etymology: tōlin (“rushes”) + -lān (“place”). Etymology templates: {{af|nci|tōlin|-tlān||alt2=-lān|t1=rushes|t2=place}} tōlin (“rushes”) + -lān (“place”) Head templates: {{head|nci|proper noun|||||cat2=|head=Tōllān}} Tōllān, {{nci-proper noun|Tōllān}} Tōllān
  1. Tollan/Tula. Synonyms: Tullam Derived forms: Tollantzinco, toltecatl
    Sense id: en-Tollan-nci-name-atnzf-n~ Categories (other): Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header, Classical Nahuatl entries with topic categories using raw markup, Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -tlan Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -tlan: 46 54
  2. A large city; a metropolis. Categories (place): Cities in Hidalgo
    Sense id: en-Tollan-nci-name-cBKCNe-s Disambiguation of Cities in Hidalgo: 24 76 Categories (other): Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header, Classical Nahuatl entries with topic categories using raw markup, Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -tlan Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -tlan: 46 54

Alternative forms

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          "text": "17C: Chimalpahin, \"History or Chronicle with Its Calendar of the Mexica Years\"\nye yuh nepa matlactlōmahio xihuitl, opoliuh yn altepetl Tullam, ynic cenmanque momoyahuaque nonohualca Tullam tlaca\n(it was fourteen years after the altepetl of Tollan had been destroyed; when the Nonohualca and people of Tollan scattered and dispersed)"
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          "roman": "çā yè huel Tollan; nechpatzmictia in yxquich tlacatl",
          "text": "17C: Lope de Vega (Spanish), Bartolomé de Alva (Nahuatl tr.), The Mother of the Best, f. 58r"
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