Meanings
- A city, the county seat of Chambers County, Texas, United States.
- historicalThe Valley of Mexico in the Aztec era.
In the year 1521, when Cortez reached Anahuac, the American bison was seen for the first time by civilized Europeans, if we may be permitted to thus characterize the horde of blood thirsty plunder seekers who fought their way to the Aztec capital.
1889, William T. Hornaday, The Extermination of the American Bison
Origin
- Classical Nahuatlānāhuac“land by the waters”
- SpanishAnáhuac
- EnglishAnahuac
Borrowed from Spanish Anáhuac, in turn derived from Classical Nahuatl ānāhuac (“land by the waters”), made of atl (“water”) + nahuac (“close to”).
More words from Spanish, Classical Nahuatl
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