Tamooc

Etymology
From Huastec Tamuch "near the scorpions" according to Brinton (1886), "but this interpretation seems unlikely" according to Nicholson (1973).

Proper noun

 * 1) A place conquered during the rule of Axayacatl.
 * 2) * 16C, Codex Mendoza, f. 10v.
 * tamuoc . pŭ
 * 1) * 17C, Annals of Cuauhtitlan, 64:37,45
 * nican hualtequitia [...] tamaoc
 * (Those who paid tribute here [i.e., to Tetzcoco?]: [...] Tamaoc)
 * 1) * 17C, ibid., 67:6–8,17–18
 * Auh yn iquac yn oyuh onmic yn moteucçoma yc ontlatocat yn Axayacatzin [...] auh yehuatl quinpeuh [...] tochpan [=] tenexticpac = tapatel = tamomox ·
 * (And when Moteuczoma died, Axayacatzin became ruler. [...] And he conquered [...] Tochpan, Tenexticpac, Tapatel, Tamomox.)
 * 1) * 17C, Legend of the Suns, 84:50–51, 121:4–5
 * auh in itepehual izquicanin in axayacatzin [...] Tenexticpac, Tochpan, Tampatel, Quauhtlan, Tamooc ·
 * (Now, all the places of Axayacatzin's conquests: [...] Tenexticpac, Tochpan, Tampatel, Cuauhtlan, Tamooc.)