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Nahuatl

Definition of Nahuatl

noun (plural same or Nahuatls)

  • 1a member of a group of peoples native to southern Mexico and Central America, including the Aztecs.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Uto-Aztecan language of the Nahuatl, which has over 1 million speakers.

adjective

  • relating to the Nahuatl or their language.

Origin:

via Spanish from Nahuatl

Nahuatl in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Nahuatl in the US English dictionary
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