English words from Classical Nahuatl
- 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.
- 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.
- altepetlA Nahua community; a pueblo.
- calmecacA school for the children of Aztec nobility.
- chalchihuitlturquoise
- cocoliztliAn epidemic illness that spread through Mexico in the 16th century.
- conepatlA kind of skunk.
- couatlA feathered flying serpent with psionic abilities.
- HuitzilopochcoA small pre-Columbian state in what is now the Federal District, Mexico.
- icpalliA seat or throne in ancient Aztec culture.
- ItzcoatlThe fourth ruler of Tenochtitlan.
- 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.
- patolliA board game, similar to pachisi, played by the Aztecs.
- telpochcalliA school for the children of Aztec commoners.
- TenochcaOf Tenochtitlan.
- TenochcanOf Tenochtitlan.
- teonanacatlThe psychedelic mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- tilmatliA cloak, in ancient Aztec culture.
- TlacaxipehualiztliAn Aztec religious festival.
- tlachtliA ceremonial ball game once played by the Aztecs; evolved into the ulama game.
- 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