Aztec

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Az·tec / ˈazˌtek/ • n. 1. a member of the American Indian people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century.2. the extinct language of this people, a Uto-Aztecan language.• adj. of, relating to, or denoting this people or their language.ORIGIN: from French Aztèque or Spanish Azteca, from Nahuatl aztecatl ‘person of Aztlan,’ their legendary place of origin.

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