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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From cōātlān (“in the place of snakes”) + tonān (“our mother”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cōātlān tonān (animate)
- (mythology) (she is) Our Mother from the Place of Snakes, an appellation of the goddess Coatlicue.
1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 88v:Los officiales delas flores q́ se llaman xochimanque hazian fieſta a su diosa llamada coatlycue, y por otro nóbre coatlantona.- The officials of the flowers called xochimanque celebrated a goddess of theirs called Coatlicue, and by another name Coatlantonan.
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