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Where does “Mexica” come from?

Mexica derives from Classical Nahuatl mēxihcah, the plural of mēxihcatl, a term for the Mexica people of central Mexico.

Mexica (English): A member of an indigenous people of central...

Definitions

  1. A member of an indigenous people of central...

Ancestry of “Mexica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishmexicaMexica, Aztec
2Nahuatlmēxihcah—
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