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teucalli

teucalli is the alternative form of teocalli.

Meaning of teocalli

Noun

teocalli (plural teocallis)

  1. An Aztec temple.
    • their Cazique or Lorde had ſente them, to ſee what Goddes were comen in thoſe Teucallis, that is to ſay, Temple1578, Thomas Nicholas, The Pleasant Historie of the Conquest of the VVeast India, London: Henry Bynneman, translation of Historia general de las Indias by Francisco López de Gómara, page 62
  2. A Mesoamerican pyramid surmounted by a temple.

Forms of teucalli

pluralteucallis

Questions about teucalli

What is teucalli the alternative form of?
Teucalli is the alternative form of teocalli.

Words near teucalli in the dictionary

  1. Tetyana
  2. Tetzcoco
  3. Tetzlaff
  4. Tetzlaffs
  5. TEU
  6. teucalli
  7. teucallis
  8. Teucer
  9. teuch
  10. teuchat
  11. teuchats

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