Toltec

See also: toltec

English

Statues of Toltec warriors in Tula.

Etymology

From Spanish tolteca, from Nahuatl tōltēcah, plural of tōltēcatl (“inhabitant of Tollan”), from Tōllān + -catl.

Noun

Toltec (plural Toltecs or Toltec)

1. A member of a pre-Columbian Native American people who dominated much of central Mexico between the 10th and 12th centuries AD.

Synonyms

• Tolteca

Related terms

• Tollan
• Toltecan
• Tula

Translations

Translations

• Czech: Tolték m
• Finnish: tolteekki (fi)
• French: Toltèque (fr)
• German: Tolteke m, Toltekin f
• Romanian: toltec (ro) m, toltecă (ro) f

Anagrams

• Cottle, octlet, tectol