often be rendered place.   Some authors make this name, "place of little

turtles," from ayotl (turtle).
Ayoxochiapan.   [At the river of calabash flowers.]   Compounded of ayotli (cala¬
bash); xochitl (flower); atl (water, river); pan (place).
Azcaputzalco.   [In the ant-hill.]   Compounded of azcatl (ant);   potzaU^' (earth

heaped up); co (in, place).
Aztaquemecan.   [Place  of  capes  of  white  heron  feathers.] ° Compounded  of

aztatl (white heron);  quemi^/ (feather cape);  can (place).
Aztoapan.    [In the water of the white herons.]    Compounded of aztatl (white

heron);  atl (water);  pan (in).
Cacalomacan.   [Where they take crows.]   Compounded of cacdlotl (crow); xaaitl

(hand); can (where).
Calimayan.   [Place where they make houses.]   Compounded of cdlli (house);~

maitl (hand); ayan (where something is made), a verbal in yan of the verb ay,

to make.   The a of ma and the initial of ayan are reduced to one.
Caltepec.   [In the mountain of houses.]   Compounded of calli (house);   tepe^/

(mountain); c (in).
Calyahualco.   [Place  surrounded by houses.]   Compounded  of  calli  (house);

yahual/i (a circular object); co (place, in).
Camotlan.   [Where there is abundance of sweet potatoes.]   Compounded of

camoll (sweet potato); tlan (where is abundance).
Capulapan.    [In  the irrigated place  where  capulins  grow.]    Compounded  of

capulm, a kind of fruit tree; atl (water); pan (place).
Centzontepec.   [In the four hundred mountains.]   Compounded of c^ntzontU

(four hundred, many); tepe// (mountain); c (in).
Cihuateopan.   [In the temple of Cihuacoatl.]   Compounded of cihua// (woman),

here by antonomasia used for the goddess Cihuacoatl; teopan (temple).
Cihuatlan.   [Where are many women.]   Compounded of cihyxatl (woman);   tlan

(where is abundance).
Cilia.    [Where are many snail shells.]   Compounded of cilin (a snail shell);  ^la

(abundance).   The t is dropped, when coming between 11.
Citlaltepec.    [In the mountain of the star.]    Compounded of citlaHw (star); tepe^/

(mountain); c (in).   The volcano Citlaltepec is now known as Orizaba.
Coacalco.   [Place of the house of the snake.]   Compounded of coatl (snake);

calli (house); co (place).
Coaixtlahuacan.    [In the plain of snakes.]    Compounded of coatl (snake);  ixtla-

hwaca (plain, level expanse); can (place).
Coatepec.   [In the mountain of snakes.]   Compounded of coatl (snake);   tepe^/

(mountain);  c (in).
Coatlan.   [Where is abundance of snakes.]   Compounded of coatl (snake);  tlan

(where is abundance).
Cocotlan.    [Place of doves.]    Compounded of cocotli (dove);  tlan (place).
Colhuacan.   [Place of the Colhuas.]   Compounded of Colhua, a tribal name; can

(place).   Place of those who adore Coltzin (the bent, curved, or twisted god);

coltic (twisted);  tzin, reverential particle;  hua, holding or possessing;  can

(place).   Robelo, Dist. Fed. pp. 56-73 gives long discussion.

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