Cuauhtemallan

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Cuauhtemallan

  1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

Classical Nahuatl
Ruins of Iximche.

Alternative forms
  • quauhtemalla (obsolete)

Etymology

cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) +‎ -tlān (“place”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʷawteːmallaːn/

Proper noun

Cuauhtemallan (locative)

  1. Iximche, a Kaqchikel kingdom in what is now Guatemala
    • 16th century, Florentine Codex, lib. 10, cap. 29, f. 140v:
      haçito in quauhtemalla catentocatiuj
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants
  • → Spanish: Guatemala
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