Tequixquiac
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English
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl tequixquitl (“saltpetre”) + atl (“water”) + -c (“place”).
Proper noun
Tequixquiac
- Ellipsis of Santiago Tequixquiac: A town, the administrative seat of Tequixquiac, State of Mexico, Mexico.
- A municipality of the State of Mexico, Mexico. Seat: Santiago Tequixquiac.
Synonyms
Translations
town and municipality
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Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Tequixquiac
- Tequixquiac (a town of the modern State of Mexico, Mexico)
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
tequixquitl (“saltpetre”) + atl (“water”) + -c (“place”).
Proper noun
Tequixquiac
- Tequixquiac, Santiago Tequixquiac (a town, the administrative seat of Tequixquiac, State of Mexico, Mexico)
- Tequixquiac (a municipality of the State of Mexico, Mexico)
References
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 10
- Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 210