Aztec

Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.

Adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.

    Synonyms: Aztecan Mexica Mexican

  2. Of or pertaining to the Nahuas.

    Synonyms: Aztecan Nahua Mexican

  3. Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.

    Synonyms: Aztecan Mexican

Origin

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

Forms

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Derived

Aztecan Aztec broccoli Aztec code Aztec Empire Aztec lily Aztec marigold Aztec tobacco Aztec Triple Alliance Aztec two-step Aztequism Uto-Aztec

Proper noun

  1. One of the Nahuatl languages.

    Synonyms: Mexican

  2. A city, the county seat of San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.

Noun

  1. A Mexica.
    • The lords of Tlatelolco were greatly angered over this and said, one to another, "These Aztecs believe that we are of an alien lineage. Do they not know that we are Aztecs like them[?] - 1994, Diego Durán, translated by...

    Synonyms: Mexica Mexican

  2. A Nahua.
    • Although united culturally, the Aztecs thought of themselves in terms of their particular tribal affiliations: as Mexica, Tetzcoca, Culhua, Tepaneca, etc. - 1989, Elizabeth Hill Boone, Incarnations of the Aztec...

    Synonyms: Nahua

  3. A hybrid defensive back position combining aspects of the safety, nickelback and linebacker positions.

Forms

Aztecs Aztec