Starr, Frederick, Aztec place-names

(Chicago :  Priv. print. by the author,  1920.)

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LIST OF AZTEC PLACE-NAMES

Acalhuacan.    [Place of those who have canoes.]   Compounded of acal/z (canoe);

hua, which is a possessive particle; can (place).
Acamilixtlahuacan.    [Where are level fields of rushes.]    Compounded of aca^/

(reed); milli (field); ixtlahuac^z (level expanse); can (place).
Acamiltzinco.   [Place of small fields of rushes.]   Compounded of aca^/ (rush);

mil/i (field); tzin^Z^, diminutive particle; co (place).
Acapan.   [Place of rushes.]   Compounded of aca/Z (reed, rush); pan (place).
Acapetlatlan.   [Place of rush mats.]   Compounded of slcslU (rush, reed);  petla^/

(mat); tlan (place of abundance).
Acapolco.    [Where the rushes were destroyed.]   Compounded of aca^/ (rush);

poloa (to destroy, to lose); co (place).
Acatepec.   [In the mountain of reeds.]   Compounded of aca// (reed);   tepetl

(mountain); c (in).
Acaticpac.   [Over (or above) the canes.]   Compounded of acat/ (cane);   icpac

(above).
Acatzinco.    [Place of small rushes.]   Compounded of aca// (rush); tzintlij diminu¬
tive particle; co (place).
Acatzochic.   [In the flowers of the cane.]   Compounded of acat? (cane); xochitl;

(flower); c (in).
Acatzochitlan.    [Among the flowers of the cane.]   Compounded of acat/ (cane/)

xochitl (flower); tlan (among).
Acayocan.    [Place full of canes, or rushes.]   Compounded of acayu/Z (full of

canes); can (place).   Acayutl=aca^il (cane) and yutl (full of).
Acazacatla.   [Where is abundance of rushes and straw.]   Compounded of aca//

(rush); zaca/Z (grass, straw); tla (abundance).
Acocozpan.    [In the very yellow water.]   Compounded of a// (water);   cocoztic

(very yellow); pan (in, place).
Acolhuacan.    [Place of the Acolhuas.]    Compounded of Acolhua, a tribal name;

can (place).   Acolhua=acol/i (shoulder) and hua, a possessive particle.
Acolnahuac.    [Near the Acolhuas.]   Compounded of Acolkua, a tribal name;

nahua (near).
Acozpa.   [In the yellow water.]   Compounded of a// (water);   coztic (yellow);

pa (in).
Acuitlapan.   [In the water of the filth.]   Compounded of a// (water);   cuitla//

(excrement); pan (place, in).
Ahuacatlan.    [Place of many ahuacates.]    Compounded of ahuaca// (ahuacate,

alligator pear); tlan (abundance).
Ahuatepec.   [In the mountain of live-oaks.]   Compounded of ahua/Z (live-oak);

tepetl (mountain); c (in).
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