Aztec

 
Pronunciation: /ˈaztɛk/

noun

  • 1a member of the American Indian people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century.
  • 2 [mass noun] the extinct language of the Aztecs, a Uto-Aztecan language from which modern Nahuatl is descended.

adjective

  • relating to or denoting the Aztecs or their language.

Origin:

from French Aztèque or Spanish Azteca, from Nahuatl aztecatl 'person of Aztlan', their legendary place of origin