Toltec

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a pre-Columbian Native American people who dominated much of central Mexico between the 10th and 12th centuries AD.

Word forms

Toltec Toltecs

Etymology

From Spanish tolteca, from Nahuatl tōltēcah, plural of tōltēcatl (“inhabitant of Tollan”), from Tōllān + -catl.

Synonyms

Tolteca

Related words

Tollan Toltecan Tula
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