English Explanatory Dictionary

Moctezuma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Aztec emperor from 1440 to 1469.
  2. Aztec emperor from 1502 to 1520, during which time the Spanish conquest of Mexico began.

Word forms

Moctezuma Montenchuma Muteçuma Moteçuma Montezúma Moctezoma Motecuzoma Motecuhzoma Moteuczoma Montezuma

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl Motēuczōma (“he who frowns like a lord”), from mo- (reflexive prefix) + tēuc- (“lord”) + -zōma (“to frown in anger”).

Derived words

Moctezuma's revenge
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