Meanings
alternative Atzcapotzalco · alternative obsolete Azcapuzalco
- historicalA Tepanec polity in the Valley of Mexico.
Around 1371, Tenochtitlan became a subordinate to the expanding Tepanec city-state of Azcapotzalco, the first society to rise to empire status since the fall of Tula 300 years before.
2006, Manuel Aguilar-Moreno, Handbook to Life in the Aztec World, Facts On File, →ISBN, page 66 - One of the demarcaciones territoriales (designated delegaciones until 2016) of Mexico City.
Origin
- Classical NahuatlĀzcapōtzalco
- SpanishAzcapotzalco
- EnglishAzcapotzalco
Borrowed from Spanish Azcapotzalco, from Classical Nahuatl Āzcapōtzalco, from āzcapōtzalli (“anthill”) + -co (locative suffix).
More words from Spanish, Classical Nahuatl
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Azcapotzalco. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Azcapotzalco
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