Definitions for aztecs

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aztecs Az·tec

Spelling: [az-tek]

IPA: /ˈæz tɛk/

Aztecs is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in aztecs (acestz).

Definitions for aztecs

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 aztecs

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

Examples for aztecs

For in the ruins of the aztecs of Mexico there are traces of a Phœnician language and religion.

The aztecs, the most powerful tribes, were continually at war with their neighbors.

The aztecs, and the Toltecs before them, had the fermented juice of the maguey plant.

There the treasures of the aztecs were hidden, and they have remained.

Did they resemble the aztecs in these respects or the West Indians?

Before the 16thcentury, Spanish conquest, the aztecs saw the skull as a symbol of rebirth.

After furious fighting Guatemotzin was captured, and the aztecs surrendered.

The aztecs literally died in their tracks, disdaining to fly.

One day the aztecs discovered that some of the Spaniards had died.

The annals of the aztecs contain frequent allusions to the Huastecs.