altepetl

Etymology
From, from , literally “water [and] hill”.

Noun

 * 1) A Nahua community; a pueblo.

Noun

 * 1) city.

Noun

 * : City.

Etymology
A contraction of, compound of , two constituents perceived as being essential for life. The compound is odd in retaining the l of ; the expected compound would be.

Noun

 * 1)  ; a town or city.
 * 2)  The people of an altepetl.
 * 3) * 17C: Chimalpahin, Record of the Arrival of the Mexica Azteca When They Came Here to Mexico Tenochtitlan
 * oncan ynpan acico yn chicuey altepeme macehualtin oncan chanonoque yn culhuacan
 * (They there arrived among the people of the eight altepetl domiciled in Culhuacan)

Etymology
Cognate to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) altepetl, city, town.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) city.