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Aztec

/ˈæz.tɛk/ · adj

Meaning

  1. A Nahua.
  2. A hybrid defensive back position combining aspects of the safety, nickelback and linebacker positions.
  3. Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
  4. Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.
  5. A city, the county seat of San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.
  6. Of or pertaining to the Nahuas.
  7. One of the Nahuatl languages.
  8. A Mexica.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Spanish azteca, from Classical Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl (“inhabitant of Aztlán”).

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