English words from Classical Nahuatl
- MontezumaA Nahuatl male given name, the name of two Aztec emperors.
- ulamaA modern ball game descended from tlachtli.
- QuetzalcoatlThe Aztec name for the Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerica, one of the main gods of many Mexican and northern Central American civilizations.
- axolotlA critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.
- OrizabaA city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
- MoctezumaAztec emperor from 1440 to 1469.
- atlatlA spearthrower consisting of a wooden stick with a thong or perpendicularly protruding hook on the rear end that grips a grove or socket on the butt of its accompanying spear (or dart), intended to steady the spear immediately prior to throwing, to increase its potential range when thrown, and to increase its force of penetration of the target.
- TlalocAn important Mexica deity; god of rain, fertility and water.
- TezcatlipocaAn Aztec god.
- altepetlA Nahua community; a pueblo.
- calmecacA school for the children of Aztec nobility.
- calpolliA subdivision of an altepetl; a "barrio".
- calpulliAn Aztec organizational unit below the level of the altepetl or city-state.
- chalchihuitlturquoise
- cocoliztliAn epidemic illness that spread through Mexico in the 16th century.
- conepatlA kind of skunk.
- couatlA feathered flying serpent with psionic abilities.
- flower warA kind of ritual war fought intermittently between the Aztec Triple Alliance and its enemies.
- HuitzilopochcoA small pre-Columbian state in what is now the Federal District, Mexico.
- icpalliA seat or throne in ancient Aztec culture.
- ipalnemohuaniA sun god in Nahuatl culture.
- ItzcoatlThe fourth ruler of Tenochtitlan.
- ixtleA variety of Agave angustifolia var. angustifolia (syn. Agave rigida), furnishing a strong coarse fiber.
- Lake TexcocoA natural lake in Mexico that existed within the Anahuac or Valley of Mexico.
- macahuitlA wooden sword with obsidian blades, used by various Mesoamerican cultures.
- macpalxochitlA tree of species Chiranthodendron pentadactylon.
- MalinalxochitlThe Aztec goddess of snakes, scorpions, and insects.
- matlazahuatltabardillo (disease)
- MexicannessThe quality or characteristic of being Mexican.
- MichoacánA state of Mexico.
- octliPulque.
- one-rabbitTo inflict the 1454 famine on.
- patolliA board game, similar to pachisi, played by the Aztecs.
- PipilThe Uto-Aztecan language, descended from Nahuatl, spoken by an indigenous people of El Salvador.
- pochtecatlA trader in the Aztec Empire.
- talpacotiThe ruddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti, found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.
- telpochcalliA school for the children of Aztec commoners.
- TenochcaOf Tenochtitlan.
- TenochcanOf Tenochtitlan.
- teonanacatlThe psychedelic mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- teponaztliA type of slit drum used in central Mexico by the Aztecs and related cultures.
- tilmatliA cloak, in ancient Aztec culture.
- TlacaxipehualiztliAn Aztec religious festival.
- tlachtliA ceremonial ball game once played by the Aztecs; evolved into the ulama game.
- tlatoaniAn emperor of the Aztec kingdom.
- TociAn Aztec goddess.
- toloatzinToloache (Datura inoxia)
- tonalamatlA divinatory almanac used in central Mexico prior to the Spanish conquest, and structured around the sacred 260-day year.
- tzompantlian Aztec ceremonial rack of skulls
- ullamaliztliThe ball game tlachtli.
- xoloitzcuintliA breed of dog, the Mexican Hairless.