Meaning

3 senses
  1. A Mexica.

    ацте́кacték

    ацте́кacték

  2. A Nahua.

  3. A hybrid defensive back position combining aspects of the safety, nickelback and linebacker positions.

More definitions
  • a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Mary admires the masterpieces of Aztec culture.

    deMaria bewundert die Meisterwerke der aztekischen Kultur.

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  2. Kalman has always been fascinated by the ancient Aztec civilization.

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  3. Hernan Cortes destroyed Aztec culture.

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  4. Mexico City was built on the ruins of the ancient Aztec city of Tenochtitlán.

    ruГород Мехико построен на руинах древнего ацтекского города Теночтитлан.

    deDie Stadt Mexiko wurden auf den Ruinen der Stadt Tenochtitlan der alten Azteken errichtet.

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  5. The Aztec Empire wasn't destroyed by the Spanish. It was the fall of communism that did it.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person from indigenous ethnic group:
Русский
By meaning 1
person from indigenous ethnic group:

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish azteca, from Classical Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl (“inhabit

Borrowed from Spanish azteca, from Classical Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl (“inhabitant of Aztlán”).

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Forms

plural: Aztecs / Aztec
SingularAztec
PluralAztecs / Aztec

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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