Quetzalcóatl

See also: Quetzalcoatl

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Quetzalcohua, Quezalcohua (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Quetzalcōātl (“quetzal feather serpent”), from quetzalli (“quetzal feather”) + cōātl (“snake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ketθalˈkoatl/ [ket̪.θalˈko.a.t̪l]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ketsalˈkoatl/ [ke.t̪salˈko.a.t̪l]
• Rhymes: -oatl
• Syllabification: Que‧tzal‧có‧a‧tl

• Audio (Latin America)

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Proper noun

Quetzalcóatl m

1. Quetzalcoatl

Related terms

• quetzal