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Nahuatl

(nä′wät′'l)

noun

pl. Nahuatls or Nahuatl a member of any of a group of Amerindian peoples of Mexico and Central America, including the Aztecs
a Uto-Aztecan language widely spoken in central and W Mexico

Origin: Nahuatl na:waλ: a self-designation

Related Forms:

Nahuatlan adjective, noun

See Nahuatl in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Nahuatl Nahuatl or Na·hua·tls

A member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico, including the Aztecs.
The Uto-Aztecan language of the Nahuatl.

Origin:

Origin: Spanish náhuatl

Origin: , from Nahuatl, that which pleases the ear

Origin: , from nahua-, audible, intelligent, clear

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