NAHUATL Definition & Meaning

Nahuatl

[ nah-waht-l ]

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noun

plural Nahuatls, (especially collectively) Nahuatl.

a member of any of various peoples of ancient origin ranging from southeastern Mexico to parts of Central America and including the Aztecs.
a Uto-Aztecan language spoken by over half a million people mostly in central Mexico. Compare Aztec ( def 2 ).

adjective

of or relating to the Nahuatl language or peoples.

Nahuatl

/ ˈnɑːwɑːtəl; nɑːˈwɑːtəl /

noun

-tl-tls a member of one of a group of Central American and Mexican Indian peoples including the Aztecs
the language of these peoples, belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family

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Origin of Nahuatl¹

1815–25; < Spanish ��á��ܲ��ٱ� < Nahuatl ��ܲ��ٱ� something that makes an agreeable sound, a second-language speaker of one's own language

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When looking through the vast selection, visitors can find stories from almost every Latin American country and even a few in Indigenous languages like Nahuatl and Zapotec.

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Picture books teaching Spanish speakers words in Nahuatl and Maya.

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Apart from the "talciguines" - Nahuatl for devilish men - one character represents Jesus.

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In a call and response, they taught words in Nahuatl, introduced instruments and explained the sounds they carried, as well as the spirituality.

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The gallery’s namesake is Nepantla, a Nahuatl word that means “in the middle,” which Prendez describes as the place where one heals, rejuvenates or creates.

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