Cuauhtemallan

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Cuauhtemallan

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• cuauhtemaltecatl

Classical Nahuatl

Ruins of Iximche.

Alternative forms

• quauhtemalla (obsolete)

Etymology

cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) +‎ -tlān (“place”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷawteːmallaːn/

Proper noun

Cuauhtemallan (locative)

1. Iximche, a Kaqchikel kingdom in what is now Guatemala
   • 16th century, Florentine Codex, lib. 10, cap. 29, f. 140v:

     haçito in quauhtemalla catentocatiuj

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → Spanish: Guatemala