Azcapotzalco

English

Alternative forms

• Atzcapotzalco
• Azcapuzalco (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Azcapotzalco, from Classical Nahuatl Āzcapōtzalco, from āzcapōtzalli (“anthill”) +‎ -co (locative suffix).

Proper noun

Azcapotzalco

1. (historical) A Tepanec polity in the Valley of Mexico.
   • 2006, Manuel Aguilar-Moreno, Handbook to Life in the Aztec World, Facts On File, →ISBN, page 66:

     Around 1371, Tenochtitlan became a subordinate to the expanding Tepanec city-state of Azcapotzalco, the first society to rise to empire status since the fall of Tula 300 years before.

2. One of the demarcaciones territoriales (designated delegaciones until 2016) of Mexico City.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

āzcapōtzalli (“anthill”) +‎ -co (“locative suffix”)

Proper noun

Azcapotzalco

1. Azcapotzalco.
   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los aduerbios della (overall work in Spanish), Mexico: Iuan Ruyz, pages 120v–121r:

     çan yenōyuhqui ic ōquintlàpalòquè in Tlaxcaltēcatlàtòquè, in quēnin ōquitlàpalòquè in Atzcapotzalco ^[sic] Tlàtoāni, ſaludaron à los Principales de Tlaxcala, de la meſma manera, que al Señor de Azcapuzalco.

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• Atzapotzalco, Ascaposalco, Azcapuzalco

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Āzcapōtzalco, from āzcapōtzalli (“anthill”) +‎ -co (locative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθkapotˈθalko/ [aθ.ka.pot̪ˈθal.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /askapoˈtsalko/ [as.ka.poˈt̪sal.ko]

• Audio (Mexico):

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• Rhymes: -alko
• Syllabification: Az‧ca‧po‧tzal‧co

Proper noun

Azcapotzalco ?

1. Azcapotzalco