azteca
See also: Azteca
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
azteca f sg
Noun edit
azteca f (plural azteche)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl (“inhabitant of Aztlan”). Aztlan is said to be the legendary homeland of the Aztec, but of unknown meaning.[1] More at Aztlán.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθˈteka/ [aθˈt̪e.ka]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /asˈteka/ [asˈt̪e.ka]
- Rhymes: -eka
- Syllabification: az‧te‧ca
Adjective edit
azteca m or f (masculine and feminine plural aztecas)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
azteca m or f by sense (plural aztecas)
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ “Aztec”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading edit
- “azteca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014