"Toltec" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Toltecs [plural], Toltec [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish tolteca, from Nahuatl tōltēcah, plural of tōltēcatl (“inhabitant of Tollan”), from Tōllān + -catl. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|es|tolteca}} Spanish tolteca, {{uder|en|nah|toltecah|tōltēcah}} Nahuatl tōltēcah, {{m|nah|toltecatl|tōltēcatl|inhabitant of Tollan}} tōltēcatl (“inhabitant of Tollan”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Toltec}} Toltec (plural Toltecs or Toltec)
  1. A member of a pre-Columbian Native American people who dominated much of central Mexico between the 10th and 12th centuries AD. Wikipedia link: Toltec Categories (topical): Ethnonyms Synonyms: Tolteca Related terms: Tollan, Toltecan, Tula Translations (Translations): Tolték [masculine] (Czech), tolteekki (Finnish), Toltèque (French), Tolteke [masculine] (German), Toltekin [feminine] (German), toltec [masculine] (Romanian), toltecă [feminine] (Romanian)

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