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Nahuatl

DEFINITIONS OF: Nahuatl

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n a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico

Types:
Aztec
a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519
Toltec
a member of the Nahuatl speaking people of central and southern Mexico
Type of:
American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived

n the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Nahuatl

Type of:
Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language
a family of American Indian languages
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