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calpulli

calpulli noun: an Aztec organizational unit below the level of the altepetl or city-state.

Noun

calpulli (plural calpullis)

  1. (historical) An Aztec organizational unit below the level of the altepetl or city-state.

Forms of calpulli

pluralcalpullis
alternative formcalpolli

Origin of calpulli

Learned borrowing from Classical Nahuatl calpolli, from calli (“house”) + -polli (“big”).

Questions about calpulli

What does calpulli mean?
Calpulli means an Aztec organizational unit below the level of the altepetl or city-state.
What part of speech is calpulli?
Calpulli is a noun.
What is the plural of calpulli?
The plural of calpulli is calpullis.

Words near calpulli in the dictionary

  1. calprismin
  2. calpromotin
  3. calprotectin
  4. calprotectinemia
  5. calps
  6. calpulli
  7. calpullis
  8. calpultin
  9. Calpurnian
  10. calque
  11. calqued

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