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macahuitl

macahuitl noun: a wooden sword with obsidian blades, used by various Mesoamerican cultures.

Noun

macahuitl (plural macahuitls)

  1. A wooden sword with obsidian blades, used by various Mesoamerican cultures.

Forms of macahuitl

pluralmacahuitls

Origin of macahuitl

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl macahuitl.

Questions about macahuitl

What does macahuitl mean?
Macahuitl means a wooden sword with obsidian blades, used by various Mesoamerican cultures.
What part of speech is macahuitl?
Macahuitl is a noun.
What is the plural of macahuitl?
The plural of macahuitl is macahuitls.

Words near macahuitl in the dictionary

  1. MacAfees
  2. macafouchette
  3. Macagtas
  4. Macaguaje
  5. macahuba
  6. macahuitl
  7. macahuitls
  8. Macaist
  9. Macaists
  10. macajuel
  11. macajuels

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