Definitions for Aztec

Aztec Az·tec

Spelling: [az-tek]
IPA: /ˈæz tɛk/

Aztec is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in Aztec (acetz).

Definitions for Aztec

noun

  1. a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521.
  2. Also called classical Nahuatl. the variety of Nahuatl that served as the medium of Aztec civilization, aboriginally written in a chiefly pictographic script. Compare Nahuatl (def 2).
  3. the Nahuatl language.

Origin of Aztec

1780-90; Spanish azteca Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl person from Aztlān, the legendary place of origin of the Aztecs

Examples for Aztec

Dorcas had heard the guard explaining to visitors in the Aztec room.

This place is remarkable for the accumulation of Aztec and Spanish antiquities.

Filming in Mexico City, where his tutor would supplement world-history lessons with trips to nearby Aztec ruins.

This stone, by the way, is to our mind clearly Toltec, not Aztec.

Take Huitzilopochtli, the typically tongue-twisting Aztec name of an old hummingbird god.

Herein, it is said, the Aztec kings deposited their treasures.

Los Angeles was wonderfully exotic; a polyglot mix of Aztec, Incan, Mayan and New World scents and sounds.

The Spaniards capitalized on her Aztec roots to colonize Mexico.

The love of the Aztec race for warm, bright colors is seen everywhere.

Standouts were the liquidy column dresses, presented in colors named chili pepper and Aztec blue.

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