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Aztecan
Variant of Aztec
noun
- a member of an Amerindian people of what is now Mexico, that had an advanced civilization before the conquest of Mexico by Cortés in 1519
- the language of this people; Nahuatl
- the branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family to which Nahuatl belongs
adjective
of the Aztecs or their language or culture
also Aztecan
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