Definitions for Nahuatl

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Nahuatl Na·hua·tl

Spelling: [nah-waht-l]

IPA: /ˈnɑ wɑt l/

Nahuatl is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in Nahuatl (aahlntu).

Definitions for Nahuatl

noun

1. a member of any of various peoples of ancient origin ranging from southeastern Mexico to parts of Central America and including the Aztecs.
2. a Uto-Aztecan language spoken by over half a million people mostly in central Mexico. Compare Aztec (def 2).

adjective

1. of or relating to the Nahuatl language or peoples.

Origin of Nahuatl

1815-25; Spanish náhuatl Nahuatl nāhuatl something that makes an agreeable sound, a second-language speaker of one's own language

Examples for Nahuatl

Referring to the Nahuatl belief that there are nine upper and nine under worlds.

Several of the names of the seven “men of Mayapan” have a Nahuatl appearance.

The Nahuatl legend helps out the theory of Atlantis to willing minds.

The proper names in the legend have nothing of a Nahuatl appearance.

Daqui; the letter d does not occur either in Cakchiquel or Nahuatl.

There were twenty clans, called in the Nahuatl language "calpullis."

It is of Aztec origin, as in the Nahuatl language tepeuani means “conqueror.”

They spoke the tongue Nahuatl, giving to it their own dialect.

The last four names given are clearly Nahuatl, as is also Zuchitan.

The Nahuatl text is more definite than the Spanish translation.