altepetl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Nahua community; a pueblo.

Word forms

altepetl altepetls altepemeh

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl āltepētl, from ātl tepētl, literally “water [and] hill”.

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