Cuauhtemallan

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Cuauhtemallan

  1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

Classical Nahuatl

Ruins of Iximche.
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Alternative forms

Etymology

cuauhtēmalli (woodpile) +‎ -tlān (place)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cuauhtemallan (locative)

  1. Iximche, a Kaqchikel kingdom in what is now Guatemala
    • 16th century, Florentine Codex, lib. 10, cap. 29, f. 140v:
      haçito in quauhtemalla catentocatiuj
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • Spanish: Guatemala