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Azcapotzalco

Azcapotzalco proper noun: a Tepanec polity in the Valley of Mexico.

Proper noun

Azcapotzalco

  1. (historical) A Tepanec polity in the Valley of Mexico.
    • Around 1371, Tenochtitlan became a subordinate to the expanding Tepanec city-state of Azcapotzalco, the first society to rise to empire status since the fall of Tula 300 years before.2006, Manuel Aguilar-Moreno, Handbook to Life in the Aztec World, Facts On File, →ISBN, page 66
  2. One of the demarcaciones territoriales (designated delegaciones until 2016) of Mexico City.

Forms of Azcapotzalco

alternative formAtzcapotzalco
alternative form (obsolete)Azcapuzalco

Origin of Azcapotzalco

Borrowed from Spanish Azcapotzalco, from Classical Nahuatl Āzcapōtzalco, from āzcapōtzalli (“anthill”) + -co (locative suffix).

Questions about Azcapotzalco

What does Azcapotzalco mean?
Azcapotzalco means a Tepanec polity in the Valley of Mexico.
What part of speech is Azcapotzalco?
Azcapotzalco is a proper noun.

Words near Azcapotzalco in the dictionary

  1. Azbell
  2. Azbells
  3. Azbill
  4. Azbills
  5. azbuka
  6. Azcapotzalco
  7. AZCKO
  8. Azcona
  9. Azconas
  10. Azd
  11. AZDO

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