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. — al_ex_an_der

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

  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. — Wezel

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

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

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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