"Aztlán" meaning in English

See Aztlán in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Uncertain. One suggested meaning is "place of Herons" or "place of egrets", but this is not possible under Nahuatl morphology: "place of egrets" is Aztatlan. Other proposed derivations include "place of whiteness" and "at the place in the vicinity of tools", sharing the āz- element of words such as teponāztli, "drum" (from tepontli, "log") Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Aztlán
  1. (anthropology) The ancestral home of the Aztec peoples. Wikipedia link: Aztlan Categories (topical): Anthropology
    Sense id: en-Aztlán-en-name-kObsX6ua Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences

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