Etymology

Totonac

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Today it means: A member of a people who resided in the eastern coastal and mountainous regions of Mexico at the time of the Spanish arrival in 1519, and who now reside in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo. Full definition →

Spanish Totonaca ← Nahuatl Totonacatl
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  1. Nahuatl · derived fromTotonacatl
  2. Spanish · derived fromTotonaca
  3. English todayTotonac

From Spanish Totonaca, from Nahuatl Totonacatl.

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